The Evolution of Jet Fighters: A New Point of View
WHEN the whistle of the jet engine was first heard in 1939, it was a clear but unrecognized commentary on a major reversal in design process. […]
Month: June 2008
Air Capital Aviation Report: June 22, 2008
Boeing makes a statement, Bombardier makes a sale and Hawker gets an approval. […]
The Loss Of Flight 19
At about 2:10 p.m. on the afternoon of 5 December 1945, Flight 19, consisting of five TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers departed from the U. S. Naval Air Station, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on an authorized advanced overwater navigational training flight. […]
Culver’s Travels
Al Mooney always numbered his designs with an M- prefix, and when he moved to St. Louis in 1935 to work for the Monocoupe Corp. he was ready to lay the lines down for the M-10. […]
Air Capital Aviation Report: Special Edition for 6/8/08
Hawker Beechcraft Receives More than 70 Commitments for New Premier II : New light business jet spurs increased orders. […]
The Evolution of Sport Skydiving
The technology of “sport” skydiving has come a long way since it’s beginnings after World War II. […]
The Story of the Atomic Bomb
The story of the atomic bomb started around the turn of the century when a small number of physicists began to think about, discuss, and publish papers about the phenomenon of radioactivity, the behavior of alpha particles, and the properties of various materials when irradiated. […]
Cessna’s Eighty Years of History: 1927-2007
An overview of Cessna’s aircraft history […]
LLOYD STEARMAN-AVIATOR, ENGINEER AND KANSAN
At his death in 1975, Lloyd Carlton Stearman ranked as one of America’s most successful aviation personalities. His name was a household word, as well known to the man on the street as that of Boeing, Northrop, Piper, Cessna and Beech. […]