SAC’S UNSUNG HERO: THE BOEING B-50
My first assignment out of flying school was to Castle Air Force Base , California, with the 330th Bomb Squadron of the 93rd Bomb Group. […]
Articles by Carl Chance
An inside look at the USAF’s first jet bomber
The XB-47 first flew on December 17, 1947, with test pilots Bob Robbins and Scott Osler at the controls. […]
Air Capital Aviation Report, February 10, 2008
Kansas Air Tour, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation Obtains Certification, Boeing Names Former NASA Engineer to Head Space Shuttle Program, Cessna Names Shih to Oversee China Operations, Spirit Aerosystems Assessing Impact of 787 Schedule Shift, Airbus Completes First Test Flight with Alternative Fuel […]
Lloyd C. Stearman – Aviation Education Pioneer Lesson Plan
Grades 6-8, 9-12 […]
Flight Test Yuma
Pete and I finally made it out to Yuma – many times, in fact. Our squadron, the 418th Flight Test Squadron had a contract with the US Army to use our T-39 Sabreliners from Edwards as targets for Apache helicopter testing. […]
Air Capital Aviation Report, January 27, 2008
Aviation and aerospace news and items of interest from Wichita, the Air Capital of the World. Apollo Astranaut at Kansas Cosmosphere; Spirit and Russian Partnership; Boeing and Lockheed Team Up; Learjet’s New Model 85; Cessna’s New Business Jet; and Hawker Appoints New Media Director. […]
Walter Cunningham – Aviation Education Pioneer Lesson Plan
Grades 6-8, 9-12 […]
Top Aerospace Milestones
The top aerospace milestones of the last century. […]
The B-52 Story
The Boeing B-52 has been around so long and has become so familiar that we sometimes forget just how remarkable an airplane it is. There are some obvious things to note, and surely its longevity, performance, and adaptability stand out. […]