Yesterday the GlobalFlyer made its last flight. Steve Fossett took off from Salina, Kansas and flew the legendary plane to Washington DC. The GlobalFlyer will be donated to the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
Although the GlobalFlyer is retired, Steve Fossett says he has aviation records he still wants to set, most […]
A NASA DART spacecraft was trying to rendezvous with a satellite had some navigational trouble and instead crashed into the satellite according to a report issued yesterday. The DARt though it was backing away from the satellite when in fact it was still flying towards it.
“The inaccurate perception of its distance and speed … prevented […]
The US Air Force Thunderbirds completed their 4,000th show at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia on Sunday. The Thunderbirds continue to put on about 70 shows each year.
“We perform about 70 air shows throughout the year, representing the 530,000 men and women in our Air Force,” said Lt. Col. Kevin Robbins, Thunderbirds commander.“
”We are […]
A group called Solar Impulse is making plans to build a solar powered airplane. Their goal is to fly an airplane around the world using only solar power. Initially they plan on making four stops, however as more advanced technologies are developed they think an around the world flight might be feasible.
During the day the […]
The Red Bull Air Race series continued in Barcelona yesterday. In the second event of the series, Peter Besenyei of Hungary won the race finishing ahead of Americans Mike Mangold in second place and Kirby Chambliss in third place. The overall standings now have those same thee pilots tied with ten points each.
In the first […]
Looking more like something out of a Leonardo DaVinci sketch book, I recently came across this information for the Arc Wing VTOL by Aeromobile, Inc. This craft is a fixed wing aircraft with VTOL capabilities. It is described as a fixed wing airplane which is flown like a conventional airplane and you won’t need a […]
Eclipse Aviation announced this week that the Eclipse 500 should receive FAA certification by the end of the quarter. They also expect EASA certification by the end of the year.
“It’s amazing to see the Eclipse 500 excitement build as we near certification and first customer deliveries,” said Vern Raburn, president and CEO of Eclipse Aviation. […]
Baron Tayler is about to embark on quite an exceptional journey. On May 10 Baron is schedule to take-off from the USS Midway aircraft carrier in San diego from his powered parachute. (Suppose they will let him use the catapult?)
From there he will travel across the USA before landing on the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier […]
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