Two unrelated events during my undergraduate days at UCLA in the late thirties changed my course, headed toward law school, to Pensacola, Marine Corps Aviation, the American Volunteer Group (Flying Ti... |
The woman who would one day become one of the best-known test pilots of the Third Reich was born on March 29, 1912, into an upper-middle-class family in Hirschberg, Silesia. From early on, Hanna Reits... |
A California woman is going ahead with the construction of a house made of elements from a 747 Jumbo jet.
Francie Rehwald wanted her house to look "feminine", have curves and be eco-friendly. Her a... |
Adding differential toe brakes to FB/PF with CH Pro Pedals
I’ll assume that the current setup is 3 CH devices a stick of some description, pro throttle and rudder pedals. At the end I’ll explain th... |
In 1937 while in high school I was also a member of Company B, 109th Infantry Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, a buck private rifleman. We had 03 Springfield rifles and wrap leggings and the 8 ... |
Day One
The sun was just rising as I finished scraping the frost off the windshield of the P.B.Y. Catalina with a credit card. This is not the picture one would have of Africa. It is Thursday Ju... |
NASHUA – If a pilots group based in Lawrence, Mass., wants some students from MIT to show off their scale model of a flying car, why would they bring the show to Nashua? For better parking, of course ... |
TEST PILOT KVOCHUR
READY TO FLY SU-27
THROUGH CHINESE
CAVE at TYANMEN
Honored test pilot, Hero of Russia Anatoli Kvochur is ready to perform a demonstration flight through cave Tyanmenin China, ... |