Hmmm... What DOES it do on the instruments? It should have no effect whatsoever, since the NAV radio on a localizer frequency ignores the OBS and there is nothing else that is affected by the setting, either. On a VOR freq, of course, the OBS has a large effect, but on the LOC i...
But the Starship was a disaster for all of aviation in terms of lost opportunity. The billion bucks — closer to two billion in today’s dollars — that Raytheon spent going down the wrong technology paths could have been, and should have been, spent on an improved conventional turboprop. T...
With I believe the exception of Russia, the entire world uses imperial units in aviation. Boats/ships speed and distances are measured in knots and nautical miles. People in the UK and Ireland reference body weight in “stone” (14lbs). Click to expand... With the exce...
“[The C-5] symbolized the size, power, might and majesty of the United States Air Force,” says Air Force Historian John Leland, and it still does to this day. For a half-century, the Galaxy has kept America’s armed forces, allies, and far-flung scientists well supplied in the mos...