Airlines loved the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 for its versatility: it could carry 90-135 passengers, depending on variant and configuration, and could operate from smaller airports. Over the years, ...
With the program's total cost now at a baffling $1.7 trillion, the Lightning II easily cleared the bar to become the most expensive airplane program in history ... Considered the base-model Lightning ...
How NASA Ames’ 80×120-foot wind tunnel became the beating heart of American aeronautics, testing everything from spacecraft ...
The Breda-Zappata BZ.308, a sleek Italian four-engine airliner, first flew in 1948. Designed by Filippo Zappata, it blended ...
In the wake of World War 2, the United States emerged as an industrial powerhouse after supplying its own military and its ...
Listed at $219,900, this 1979 Beechcraft F33A Bonanza represents a fantastic value, offering the legendary performance and ...
On the West Side, go up Broadway to 168th Street and then straight ahead on St. Nicholas Avenue. This takes one down the hill eventually to the corner of Dyckman Street (the Speedway) and Nagle Avenue ...
Abstract: We present a novel approach to flight control of weight-shift aircraft by employing a cable-driven parallel robot (CDPR) integrated with adaptive force control based on reinforcement ...
So when Earhart and the plane she was trying to fly around the world vanished in the South Pacific 88 years ago, the event ...
A team of 14 explorers will depart for Nikumaroro, a remote speck of an island halfway between Australia and Hawaii on Nov. 4 ...
The Cadillac twelve-cylinder is only a slightly smaller edition of the sixteen—the wheelbase is 140 to 143 inches as compared to 148—and, so far, has ten body styles. Coachwork, of course, is by ...