Boeing’s slow-flying Scout
Pushed by relentless necessity, it entered a U.S. Army competition to design and produce a small, light observation and liaison airplane. […]
MEMORIAL DAY!
Memorial Day is much more than a three-day weekend that marks the beginning of summer. To many people, this day is an important reminder of those who died in the service of their country. […]
Boeing History – Post War Developments: 1946-1956
The years immediately following the end of World War II rocked with change. The military canceled its bomber orders; Boeing factories shut down and 70,000 people lost their jobs. […]
Al Mooney’s Mighty Mite
The Mooney M-18 “Mite” could be described as the most efficient airplane ever built. With 65 hp, it could reach speeds of 140 mph, and designer Al Mooney once flew it on a 1,300-mile trip from Brownsville, Tex. To Watertown, S.D. and averaged 35 miles per gallon. […]
Create a Career as an Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Certified Aircraft Maintenance Technician!
Few professions can offer an aircraft mechanic career potential comparable to that of the Airframe and Powerplant Technician and A&P aircraft mechanics. […]
The Cessnas that got away
In the boom years since World War II, Cessna has designed, manufactured and marketed scores of airframe designations. But there was also an equal number of ideas that seemed awfully good at the time, but which for one reason or another you may not have ever seen at your local airport. […]
Clyde Cessna’s Budget Racers
The concept of powered, manned flight was only eight years old when 34-year-old Kansas farmer-turned auto salesman Clyde Cessna paid $7,500 for an American-built copy of the Blériot XI and taught himself to fly on the broad expanse of a salt plain in northern Oklahoma. […]
B-52: Perennial Warrior
April 15, 2002 will mark the golden anniversary of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortess bomber. By Walter J. Boyne. […]
Steve Fossett and the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer Photo Gallery
A collection of images of the historic, record-setting Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer. […]
Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer: That’s All Folks?
With the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer back in the hangar, the team assembled in Salina for the final time when Steve Fossett received official certification of his world record. […]