It’s been 75 years-that’s three-quarters of a century-since the prototype of the Flying Fortress series took to the skies for the first time over Seattle, Washington.
For so many reasons, the B-17 Flying Fortress became an American icon.
That 75th milestone was reached this week-Wednesday-with three B-17s in attendance at AirVenture [...]
The Bose Corporation started EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 by quieting things down—with the new A20 aviation headset introduced Monday morning.
The A20 sports new electronics combined with microphones placed both inside and outside the ear cup—a way to more effectively measure and counter cabin noise.
For improved passive noise reduction, Bose [...]
For the general public, winglets-those smaller vertical surfaces rising from the wingtips of airliners-have become a familiar sight. But they were slow to catch on and find a home in modern aircraft.
The idea was first promulgated by famed NASA aerodynamicist Richard Whitcomb, partly in response to the fuel crisis of 1973.
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As is true for almost any vintage aircraft type, a very tight community exists within which all the members know just about everything there is to know about any remaining airframes and what parts might be available.
The Douglas DC-7 type is a vintage airplane, albeit a very large example of one-and [...]
Flight has always been one of man’s greatest dreams. While this dream has been grasped, the sky remains dominated by specialized equipment capable of little more than that for which they were originally envisioned. The Maverick aims to change that. Rugged and untraditional, the Maverick is designed to be a platform for whatever task you [...]
