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Conversation with Hank Beaird, Remembers Lear First Flight – 12 Nov 1924 Flown West 2 Feb 2009

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October 8, 2014

“I got involved with the Learjet project when I was finishing the ...

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2013 Living Legends of Aviation – The Bob Hoover Freedom of Flight Award

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September 9, 2014

Published on Feb 2, 2013 During the 2013 Living Legends of Aviation ...

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One “Young” Man’s Idea

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September 1, 2014

By C.B.F. Macauley - Reprinted from Air Trails Magazine, 1944 [caption id="attachment_11037" ...

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Luftwaffe prisoners’ enjoyed Bavarian Clubhouse…. may have enjoyed more than just a friendly handshake from the local fraulein.

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August 27, 2014

By Jerry Lips Reportedly some Luftwaffe prisoners enjoyed more than just a ...

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The Future is here? The Picturephone!

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August 1, 2014

What you'll use is called, simply enough, a Picturephone set. Someday it ...

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USS Macon and Sparrowhawks

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July 15, 2014

The concept of an airborne aircraft carrier is not new. In fact ...

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Television Will Carry the Mails

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July 1, 2014

Reprint of Modern Mechanix and Inventions, March 1935 [caption id="attachment_21523" align="alignright" width="295"] ...

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Francesco Baracca and Ferrari

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July 1, 2014

Piaggio Aero Industries delivered an Avanti P180 executive turboprop to Ferrari on ...

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For the Boys: The Racy Pin-Ups of World War II

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July 1, 2014

By AJ Staff Writer Reprinted from June 2001 "Peggy the Pin-Up Girl" Peggy ...

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BCA Special Edition Newsletter March 7, 2025
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Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) February 27, 2025
Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) matt.jouppi@av… Thu, 02/27/2025 - 18:14 The USAF’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) aims to field at least 1,000 unmanned platforms to complement the F-35 and the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform. Between two to eight CCAs would accompany each fighter, improving their survivability and situational awareness by acting as decoys as […]
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Volant Aerotech VE25 August 12, 2024
Volant Aerotech VE25 william.moore@… Mon, 08/12/2024 - 13:11 The VE25 is a lift-plus-cruise eVTOL in development by Shanghai Volant Aerotech Co., Ltd. Entry into service is expected in 2027 with certification coming from the Civil Aviation Authority of China. Flight testing of a prototype variant of the aircraft began in January 2023. Volant have approaching […]
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Horizon Aircraft Cavorite X7 March 20, 2024
Horizon Aircraft Cavorite X7 william.moore@… Wed, 03/20/2024 - 13:26 The Cavorite X7 is a fan-in-wing hybrid vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) being developed by New Horizon Aircraft Ltd. The Cavorite X7 was set to go into the testing phase of production in 2024, in the form of a full-scale technology demonstrator. However, as of March […]
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Supernal S-A2 February 8, 2024
Supernal S-A2 william.moore@… Thu, 02/08/2024 - 13:09 The S-A2 is a tiltrotor eVTOL being developed by Supernal LLC. The aircraft is the latest concept Supernal has released and follows on from the S-A1 and later cabin concept released by the company. Entry into service is planned for 2029, with Supernal looking to take time to […]
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SkyDrive SD-05 January 3, 2024
SkyDrive SD-05 william.moore@… Wed, 01/03/2024 - 12:18 The SD-05 “Flying Car” is an eVTOL multicopter being developed by SkyDrive Inc. A predecessor aircraft, the SD-03 has been successfully flight tested and the SD-05 model is now undergoing flight testing. Entry into service is planned for 2027 in both Japan and the U.S., with certification coming […]
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Wisk Cora Generation 6 November 29, 2023
Wisk Cora Generation 6 shambo.pfaff@i… Wed, 11/29/2023 - 14:21 The Cora Generation 6 is a tiltrotor eVTOL being developed by Wisk Aero LLC. Subscale Cora Generation 6 flight testing is underway. Across the five generations of aircraft leading to the Cora Generation 6, previously operated under the Kittyhawk and Zee.aero brand, more than 1,550 full-scale […]
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Volocopter VoloRegion November 29, 2023
Volocopter VoloRegion shambo.pfaff@i… Wed, 11/29/2023 - 14:19 In March 2025, Wanfeng acquired Volocopter. It is uncertain as to whether the company intends to continue the VoloRegion program.The VoloRegion is a lift-plus-cruise eVTOL being developed by Volocopter GmbH. The first prototype flight test for the aircraft was conducted in 2022 and entry into service is planned […]
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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of March 6 - March 10, 2017 March 15, 2017
Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of March 6 - March 10, 2017 user+1@localho… Wed, 03/15/2017 - 01:41 Selected U.S. military contracts for March 6, 2017 U.S. ARMY Blue Storm Associates Inc., doing business as Pemdas Technologies and Innovation, Alexandria, Virginia, was awarded a $49,500,000 order dependent contract for the Atmospheric Sensing and Prediction […]
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Product Realization Pop Quiz April 18, 2016
Product Realization Pop Quiz will.herth@pen… Mon, 04/18/2016 - 17:42 How well do you understand Product Realization? Aerospace and Defense companies such as yours are looking for ways to gain insight into program decisions that impact cost, timing and quality. To effectively compete and achieve program execution excellence, you need to make manufacturing a core part […]
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Airport Journals

Bobbi Trout: “Just Plane Crazy”

Harry Combs Enters the Jet Age

Harry Combs: The Early Years

How Emily Hanrahan Howell Warner Conquered the Male-Dominated Airline Industry

Ghost of Christmas Flights Past: Luckier even than Santa

Doolittle Raiders fly into history books

James Dietz – A Master Storyteller

Carroll Shelby—from Curtiss to Cobra. Born
January 11, 1923 Flown West May 10, 2012

Read My Lips

Steve Ritchie—The Last Ace

Julie Clark’s Flying Adventures as Captain and Aerobatics Superstar

Adam Aircraft to Fly Again A-500 Donated to “Wings Over the Rockies”

Bobbi Trout: “Just Plane Crazy”

Harry Combs Enters the Jet Age

Harry Combs: The Early Years

How Emily Hanrahan Howell Warner Conquered the Male-Dominated Airline Industry

Ghost of Christmas Flights Past: Luckier even than Santa

Doolittle Raiders fly into history books

James Dietz – A Master Storyteller

Carroll Shelby—from Curtiss to Cobra. Born
January 11, 1923 Flown West May 10, 2012

Conversation with Hank Beaird, Remembers Lear First Flight – 12 Nov 1924 Flown West 2 Feb 2009

2013 Living Legends of Aviation – The Bob Hoover Freedom of Flight Award

One “Young” Man’s Idea

Luftwaffe prisoners’ enjoyed Bavarian Clubhouse…. may have enjoyed more than just a friendly handshake from the local fraulein.

The Future is here? The Picturephone!

USS Macon and Sparrowhawks

Television Will Carry the Mails

Francesco Baracca and Ferrari

For the Boys: The Racy Pin-Ups of World War II