Perhaps what makes the C-47 so authentic in every respect is due to Aeroworx’s access to the C-47 planes through the South African Airways Museum Society, of which they are members. This even extends to some of the veteran pilots of these planes, who offered ample notes, advice, and ...
nippy aircraft with short take-off and landing requirements and can reach pretty much any sized runway on the planet. They have also been used as large private jets by the elite.
Great Hub but everyone gets off on all the big military machines and forgets the pioneers who designed and built the little planes. The Ercoupe is a good example, the only airplane designed to be incapable of stalling. This little two-seater was actually used to train the first 707 pilots ...
We couldn't have a guide to the best-turbocharged cars without mentioning where the wonders of the exhaust driving turbine all began – the Oldsmobile Cutlass Jetfire. Turbochargers were not a new idea; they'd already been fitted to planes and diesel locomotives, but fitting one to a car ...
I tried two planes. The Aero Commander AC680S flies great, and so does the TDS Delta 737-900ER, but there is no “thumbnail” and - even worse - there is no sound. No engine sound, no sound, when raising or lowering the flaps, pushing buttons... ...