Where’s Amelia Earhart?
Did aviator Amelia Earhart run out of fuel and crash into the sea? Or could she have survived? […]
Year: 2009
Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines!
Men like Lloyd Stearman, Walter Beech, Clyde Cessna, E.M. Laird, J.M. Mollendick and George Weaver were responsible for starting the aircraft industry in the area. […]
The Man Who Built the Missiles
Gen. Bernard Schriever not only produced an ICBM force in record time but also led the way to American dominance in space. […]
Cessna Tribute
The Cessna Aircraft Company is an airplane manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, USA. Their main products are general aviation aircraft. […]
THE PSYCHIC WORLD OF AMELIA EARHART
On a stormy day in June 1928, the Fokker tri-motor Friendship dipped down out of a leaden sky to land in the bay near Burry Port, Wales. The airship taxied through the pouring rain to a nearby buoy and cut its engines. […]
P-8 Poseidon
The Boeing P-8 Poseidon (formerly the Multimission Maritime Aircraft or MMA) is a military aircraft currently being developed for the United States Navy. […]
Mooney Airplane Company
The Mooney Airplane Company (MAC) is a U.S. manufacturer of single-engined general aviation aircraft. […]
Cessna Aircraft Company
Clyde Cessna, with only a fifth-grade education and lacking a private pilot’s license, helped create the general aviation industry. […]
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. […]