The glider has a much larger aspect ratio than a conventional plane. Why don't all planes have wings with high aspect ratios? There are two reasons for this. The first is that not all aircraft are designed for efficient flight. Military fighters, for example, are designed with speed and ...
Instead, the pilot is suspended from the hang glider's center-of-mass (hence the term "hang" glider) by way of a harness, maneuvering the hang glider by shifting his or her weight (changing the center-of-mass) in the direction of the intended turn. The pilot can also change the ...
The B.C. Aviation Museum’s aircraft range from a replica of a “hang-glider” built in 1896 to a Cold War fighter-bomber. Here’s a rundown on what the museum has, and how they ended up there. Darron Kloster Aug 13, 2023 5:19 AM ...
In August 2023, a Ukrainian air defense crewman shot down a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile. The Kh-101 is a subsonic missile designed, much like the American Tomahawk, to fly low and evade enemy air defenses. That puts it in the engagement envelope of missiles like Stinger. While it was ...
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Today’s 747 has a large upstairs cabin because Trippe thought it would be a freighter, because a round hump produced too much drag, because Pan Am bosses had fond memories of the Stratocruiser’s bar (and all-night parties held by the light of the Pratt & Whitney R-4360s’ flaming ex...
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And then he starts to fall back in, and he falls, he falls along the same parabolic or ballistic trajectory that he would if he were just a rock. If someone threw a rock up there, it'd be the same kind of parabola. He's on a ballistic trajectory and can't do much about it. ...
Aviation is a wonderful business. If you have what it takes—I don't mean a rich uncle in high places, either—you can fly for a living. What does it take? The most important quality is desire. Over the years I've taught many, many people to fly. Quite a few of these folks went...
The problem with this explanation is that nothing forces the air on the top and bottom to traverse the airfoil in the same amount of time. The air over the top generally travels much faster than that on the bottom and leaves the airfoil well before the air underneath. This fact is ...