U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet: AMELIA EARHART
Perhaps the most well-known of all female aviators, Amelia Earhart was introduced to aviation history in 1928 as a mere passenger aboard the Friendship, a Fokker tri-motor. […]
Month: April 2008
F/A-18 HORNET and F/A-18 SUPER HORNET
The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet traces its direct ancestry to the Northrop Cobra, a twin engine multimission fighter design developed for the export market in the late 1960s. […]
A BRIEF HISTORY OF WALTER H. BEECH
Commercial aviation has witnessed the careers of many legendary personalities, but few have exemplified the drive to succeed as did Walter Herschel Beech. […]
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN
It is impossible not to admire the early engineering and scientific achievements of the Wright Brothers. Yet, it is only fair to note that in the next seven years, the Wrights did almost as much to set aviation back as they had done to bring it forward. […]
Glenn Curtiss – Aviation Education Pioneer Lesson Plan
Grades 6-8, 9-12 […]
The B-1B Bomber
The B-1 evolved from a series of studies in the 1960s into a long-range conventional multi-role bomber that operates with precision and persistence. […]
Phantom Works Australia
Boeing Phantom Works Technology Projects in Australia […]