Cessna Aircraft Company
Clyde Cessna, with only a fifth-grade education and lacking a private pilot’s license, helped create the general aviation industry. […]
Month: May 2009
Amelia Earhart’s Crash Reconstruction
In July 1936 Amelia took delivery of a Lockheed L-10E Electra financed by Purdue University and started planning a round-the-world flight. This would not be the first to circle the globe, but would be the longest at 29,000 miles (47,000 km) since it would follow a grueling equatorial route. […]
Aviation History Facts: June
Aviation history and facts from the month of June […]
Boeing B-52G Stratofortress in Operation Desert Storm
On 16 February 1991 a flight of B-52Gs launching from and returning to Barksdale AFB, in Louisiana, struck targets inside Iraq. […]
Pilot Training
There are many different kinds of pilots. After all, millions of Americans have learned how to fly. Some fly just for fun. Some fly as a way to travel to their jobs. And some are career pilots who fly professionally to earn a living. […]
U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet: B-52 STRATOFORTRESS
Air Combat Command’s B-52 is a long-range, heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions. The bomber is capable of flying at high subsonic speeds at altitudes up to 50,000 feet (15,166.6 meters). It can carry nuclear or precision guided conventional ordnance with worldwide precision navigation capability. […]
Premier 1A
Premier 1A from www.hawkerbeechcraft.com […]
1945 The B-29 SuperFortress – Outstanding Color Footage
http://www.webalice.it/roma… Pacific. Footage from 1945. The most advanced bomber of WW2, the B-29 SuperFortress. Soundtrack added (Demo Only) in 2008 by ROMANO-ARCHIVES, performed by Tangerine […]
Cessna Citation Mustang
Cessna Citation Mustang in take-off and flight. […]
Air Force Aircraft of the Korean War
These were the fighters, bombers, transports, and other airplanes that fought the “Forgotten War” 50 years ago. […]