The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first. Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill, the fighter in the opening of a dogfight must detect the opponent as early as possible in order to attain a...
AVIATION QUOTES 15thDec, 2024 The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first. Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill, the fighter in the opening of a dogfight must detect the opponent as early as ...
Rockets and large airplanes would basically be impossible without aluminum: No other material that is inexpensive enough to even consider using is light and strong enough to make a large jetliner work. (Some day carbon fiber composites and the like may take over this role, but at this point t...
In early 1971, Air Southwest changed their name to Southwest Airlines, and the first flight was on June 18, 1971. Its first flights were from Love Field in Dallas to Houston and San Antonio, short hops with no-frills service and a simple fare structure, features that became the basis for...
Clyde Cessna started his aircraft ventures in Enid, Oklahoma, testing many of his early planes on the salt flats. When bankers in Enid refused to loan him more money to build his planes, he moved to Wichita. In 1924, Cessna partnered with Lloyd C. Stearman and Walter H. Beech to form ...
The 22-year-old George Washington University student has built a side hustle traveling the world to take aerial pictures of airplanes andsell the prints. But in March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began and the global lockdown grounded many jetliners, it became his personal mission ...
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but that's because I increased the exposure time to allow you to see the details of the structure, and I'm using very concentrated lights to put as much light as possible right on the sample. And needless to say, if you think you see some kind of tube-like thing in there, it'snot...
While at that age I was flying rubber-band powered balsa-wood airplanes like the Wright bros. When I 1st got my Ladybird I couldn't even hover mine in my room I'd get her 3ft off the deck... but she kept rolling-off and crashing... I had to goto the wi...
1 of 20Screenshot by CNET Wheels up It might be the last highly-anticipated first flight for years to come. Early this morning, Airbus' A350 XWB, the aviation giant's next-generation, highly-fuel-efficient airplane, made with more than 50 percent composite materials, took the skies on its...