F-35 Lightning II Flight Tests
Chief Test Pilot Recounts Early Flights […]
Month: July 2007
MQ-9 REAPER UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
The MQ-9 Reaper is a medium-to-high altitude, long endurance remotely piloted aircraft system. The MQ-9’s primary mission is as a persistent hunter-killer against emerging targets in support of joint force commander objectives. […]
General Aviation – An Overview
Perhaps the best way to define general aviation is to begin by listing what it is not. General aviation is not military aviation and it is not scheduled commercial aviation. To a great extent, all other uses of aviation in the United States fall into the category of general aviation. […]
A Midnight Meeting at Lake Charles
This is a true story about Billy Gene Nix, the worlds wisest old crow and the man who knew more about the B-52 than any man alive. […]
Charles Lindbergh – Aviation Pioneer Lesson Plan
The subject of this Aviation Pioneer lesson plan is Charles Lindbergh. […]
Air Capital Aviation Report, July 15, 2007
Aviation and aerospace news and items of interest from Wichita, the Air Capital of the World. […]
Blue Angels
The United States Navy’s Blue Angels (or Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron), formed in 1946, is the world’s first officially sanctioned military aerial demonstration team. […]
William Powell Lear, Sr. – Aviation Pioneer Lesson Plan
Lesson plan on William Powell Lear Sr., founder of Learjet. […]
Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base is a United States Air Force airbase located on the border of Kern County and Los Angeles County, California in the Antelope Valley. […]
Boeing’s Post-War Commercial Aviation Activities
When World War II ended in August 1945, the U.S. government cancelled most orders for bomber aircraft, which had been a mainstay of the aircraft industry. Total industry production dropped from 96,000 airplanes in 1944 to 1,330 military aircraft in 1946. […]