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2015 Living Legends of Aviation Awards

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October 29, 2014

The "Living Legends of Aviation" are 88 remarkable people of extraordinary accomplishment ...

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October 10, 2014

Cover of Airport Journals September 2006 issue By Jerry Lips Excluding commercial ...

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October 3, 2014

By Jerry Lips Ten years ago, I met Peter Paul Luce at ...

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Groundbreaking New Documentary Resurrects Florence “Pancho” Barnes

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September 1, 2014

By Clayton Moore Strange things come out of the California desert, some ...

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Roscoe the Lionhearted

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September 1, 2014

By Di Freeze The Roscoe Turner Flying Circus arrived in Lexington, Ky., ...

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Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter: A 70-Year Commitment to Aviation’s Success

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August 1, 2014

By Carol L. Osborne [caption id="attachment_22924" align="alignright" width="300"] Living Legends John Travolta ...

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There’s no Substitute for Cubic Inches A Short History of Aero-engine Race Cars

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August 1, 2014

By Daryl Murphy [caption id="attachment_16680" align="alignright" width="300"] The chain-drive Benz 200 Blitzen ...

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Clay Lacy: “The Planes I’ve Flown & The People I’ve Known” – Part 1

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July 23, 2014

"All through your life, you meet people and do things that change ...

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July 20, 2014

Seneca II In March of 1980, I purchased my first aircraft, a ...

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Stories of Two World War II Big Bomber Crashes in Wyoming

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May 1, 2009

A few years ago , I was a leader of 14 high ...

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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 awaits testing. Entry into service is planned for 2026 in both Japan and the U.S., with certification coming from the Japanese Civil […]
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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 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 for 2026, with certification to come from EASA under the SC-VTOL enhanced category. Volocopter have approximately 500 orders between […]
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Volocopter VoloCity November 29, 2023
Volocopter VoloCity shambo.pfaff@i… Wed, 11/29/2023 - 14:18 The VoloCity is a multicopter eVTOL being developed by Volocopter GmbH. The aircraft has begun flight testing and has over 1000 hours logged. Entry into service is expected in 2024/25 and the aircraft is to be certified by EASA and the FAA under the SC-VTOL enhanced category, and […]
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Vertical Aerospace VX4 November 29, 2023
Vertical Aerospace VX4 shambo.pfaff@i… Wed, 11/29/2023 - 14:17 The VX4 is a tiltrotor eVTOL being developed by Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd. Tethered test flights began in 2022 and the first full flight test was conducted in July 2023. Entry into service is planned for 2027 with certification expected to be granted by the CAA and […]
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Volkswagen V.MO Flying Tiger Subscale Prototype 1 November 29, 2023
Volkswagen V.MO Flying Tiger Subscale Prototype 1 shambo.pfaff@i… Wed, 11/29/2023 - 14:16 The V.MO Flying Tiger Subscale Prototype 1 is a lift-plus-cruise eVTOL being developed by Volkswagen Group China. Flight testing of the prototype is underway, with the production aircraft expected to enter into service in 2027. Type Certificate is expected to be granted by […]
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Transcend Air Vy 421 November 29, 2023
Transcend Air Vy 421 shambo.pfaff@i… Wed, 11/29/2023 - 14:15 The Vy 421 is a tiltwing parallel hybrid VTOL being developed by Transcend Air Corp. Flight testing of the aircraft is projected for 2025 with certification coming from the FAA under part 21.17b.Structure and PowertrainThe Vy 421 is to seat seven passengers and a pilot within […]
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Textron Pipistrel Nuuva V300 November 29, 2023
Textron Pipistrel Nuuva V300 shambo.pfaff@i… Wed, 11/29/2023 - 14:14 The Nuuva V300 is a lift-plus-cruise autonomous hybrid cargo eVTOL being developed by Pipistrel (acquired by Textron eAviation). The aircraft is to be certified by EASA, and the electric engines are already certified by EASA. Entry into service is expected in 2025. Pipistrel currently have a […]
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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
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James Dietz – A Master Storyteller

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Steve Ritchie—The Last Ace

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Harry Combs Enters the Jet Age

Harry Combs: The Early Years

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

2015 Living Legends of Aviation Awards

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Groundbreaking New Documentary Resurrects Florence “Pancho” Barnes

Roscoe the Lionhearted

Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter: A 70-Year Commitment to Aviation’s Success

There’s no Substitute for Cubic Inches A Short History of Aero-engine Race Cars

Clay Lacy: “The Planes I’ve Flown & The People I’ve Known” – Part 1

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Stories of Two World War II Big Bomber Crashes in Wyoming