MEMORIAL DAY!
Memorial Day is much more than a three-day weekend that marks the beginning of summer. To many people, this day is an important reminder of those who died in the service of their country. […]
Month: May 2005
Al Mooney’s Mighty Mite
The Mooney M-18 “Mite” could be described as the most efficient airplane ever built. With 65 hp, it could reach speeds of 140 mph, and designer Al Mooney once flew it on a 1,300-mile trip from Brownsville, Tex. To Watertown, S.D. and averaged 35 miles per gallon. […]
Boeing History – Post War Developments: 1946-1956
The years immediately following the end of World War II rocked with change. The military canceled its bomber orders; Boeing factories shut down and 70,000 people lost their jobs. […]
The Cessnas that got away
In the boom years since World War II, Cessna has designed, manufactured and marketed scores of airframe designations. But there was also an equal number of ideas that seemed awfully good at the time, but which for one reason or another you may not have ever seen at your local airport. […]
Create a Career as an Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Certified Aircraft Maintenance Technician!
Few professions can offer an aircraft mechanic career potential comparable to that of the Airframe and Powerplant Technician and A&P aircraft mechanics. […]