Aviation Features
Space Shuttle Basics
The Space Shuttle is the world’s first reusable spacecraft, and the first spacecraft in history that can carry large satellites both to and from orbit. […]
MAJOR GENERAL MARGARET H. WOODWARD
Maj. Gen. Margaret H. Woodward is Commander, 17th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. […]
The Tanker Deal: Naming the Real Culprit!
The Tanker Deal: Naming the Real Culprit! […]
Maneuverability Makes the Difference
While the KC-135 Stratotankers have performed well in their expeditionary role, the Air Force has raised the bar for the new KC-X tanker aircraft. […]
GENERAL DYNAMICS F-111D TO F
The versatile “swing wing” F-111, unofficially named the “Aardvark” until its retirement ceremony on July 27, 1996, when the name was made official, entered the USAF inventory in 1967. […]
A Winter Flight Over New Mexico
A beautiful winter morning on the high plains of eastern New Mexico. There was not a cloud in the sky for hundreds of miles and temps were in the low 30’s. A great day to go fly. […]
The Aviators (TV series)
The Aviators is a new weekly magazine-style TV series featuring interesting people, the latest aircraft, current technology and fly-in destinations. […]
How to Prevent another Detroit
Through the 1960s Detroit, Michigan was the gem of the northern United States. By 1970 it was the example of urban failure. […]
Wichita, the Next Detroit of Aviation?
Even if we don’t discuss the economics of opportunity costs, that is who more productively can determine how to invest dollars: government or private individuals, government spending can always be shown to be a depletion of resources in an economy. […]