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. […]
THE SAGA OF “SMILIN’ THRU”: Travel Air S6000B NC677K
Of all the Travel Air monoplanes built by the factory, constructor number 6B-2012 was unique in being the “flying office” of washing machine entrepreneur Harry L. Ogg. […]
Lloyd C. Stearman – Aviation Education Pioneer Lesson Plan
Grades 6-8, 9-12 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Walter Cunningham – Aviation Education Pioneer Lesson Plan
Grades 6-8, 9-12 […]
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. […]
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. […]
Joe Henry Engle – Aviation Education Pioneer Lesson Plan
Grades 6-8, 9-12 […]