The North American X-15 was a rocket plane type of aircraft that is part of USAF/NASA/USN X-series of experimental aircraft. It set numerous speed and altitude records in the early 1960s. Warplanes.com offers the North American X-15 model aircraft. It has a span of 8.25 inches and length of 18.75...

Take a look at Flightaware for N82DK. He's planned for a non-stop from San Diego to W. Palm Beach, in a Questaire Venture. He's trying for a record in the 1000 kg and under class. Earlier this week, he flew from Brunswick, Georgia to San Diego with just 1 refueling stop.

Ladies and gentlemen, i was looking for the branch name of physics which is used to build the air craft. i am not sure it was something like "noton physics" or what ... plz advice REG

Hi All, I'm working on my multi rating in a Beech Duchess. I'm curious about an item that doesn't seem well covered in the POH and elsewhere for that matter. What if you loose one engine at altitude, allowing plenty of time to try to fix. You determine that you ran the right tank dry of...

I just finished watching a documentary film called Little Dieter Needs To Fly. It's the story of Dieter Dengler, a German boy who moved to America to pursue his dream of flying. He became an American Navy pilot, was sent to Vietnam, was shot down over Laos and became a POW. He managed to escape...

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Fortunately the flight wasn't mid-Pacific when this occurred: http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/crash-threat/2008/01/08/1199554654270.html Crash threat January 9, 2008 A Qantas 747 with 344 passengers on board could have faced catastrophe after losing power from all four...

I currently have a the following set of 8 aviation/aerodynamics related books available as a group for $30 plus $5 postage (Media Mail postage within the US). The books a "Aerodynamics" by N.A.V. Piercy, published by the English Universities Press, 1937. First edition. The 423 page hardbound...

This amounts to a sales piece for a remarkable airplane - it's 4 minutes long, but it's worth watching to the end. http://www.f22-raptor.com/media/video_gallery/videos/F22_AirShow_Langley.wmv If you wach closely in full screen mode, you can see the differential flipper action: there is some...

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/homemade-helicopter/nigerian-man-builds-working-helicopters-from-junk-313408.php Way to go Muhammed! Wil

http://www.aopa.org/flightplanning/articles/2007/071227notams.html FAA makes local notams available online By AOPA ePublishing staff Pilots will soon be able to get all notams for a given flight from electronic sources, thanks to a change in the status of "local" notams. ...

Video depictions of what happened when that longeron failed in-flight: http://www.acc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080110-018.wmv http://www.acc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080110-028.wmv The sad truth is that our kids are flying around in planes that were designed during the Nixon...

Try this Jay! After my trips back east a hangar neighbor suggested going to the west coast. Although I had planned a neat trip to Catalina Island, Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks, I settled on a quickie trip to Death Valley, Las Vegas and Monument Valley. Rick decided to go with me. One...

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I recently got my high performance checkout and have taken a 182Q for a couple of X-C flights. I love the ability to put four people in the plane and still climb out at 500 ft/min at over 100 knots. If it wasn't for the additional costs, I would never fly an C172 again. On both flights, the...

Bertie the Bunyip wrote: "Ken S. Tucker" wrote in : On Jan 17, 11:42 am, wrote: On Jan 17, 11:35 am, "Al G" wrote: ...

Current language usage compels me to use the term "socialist" when describing Hillary Clinton. The actual word we need to use is "fascist." The left, however, has managed to take the "fascist" word and turn it into an epithet against right-wingers. Nazis were fascists, right? Perhaps you might...

"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in news:d80c9cc5-7bb4-48fa- : On Jan 18, 6:35 am, FledgeIII wrote: On Jan 18, 7:55 am, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote: Thanks, I was worried it was a...

So I'm watching (right now as I'm typing this) Dogfight on History channel and was wondering if MS' FlightSim is used in making the CG on the show. Wil

NEWARK (CBS) -- There was another near mid-air collision at Newark Liberty Airport Wednesday, forcing the Federal Aviation Administration to call an emergency meeting on the matter. http://wcbstv.com/local/newark.airport.continental.2.632715.html Another example of the FAILED Aviation...