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FUTURE OF FLIGHT – EMERGING AVIATION TECHNOLOGY / JULY 20, 2024
Skyryse – Simplifying Aircraft Control with New Technology
In the 1990s and 2000s, radio-controlled helicopters were a niche hobby, and for good reason. Because the operator commanded the throttle and each individual rotor individually, constant effort was required to combine control inputs, […]
MODERN AVIATION / AVIATION SUSTAINABILITY; / JULY 27, 2024
Green Aviation: Three Contrail Mitigation Developments To Watch
Making aviation green is a complex challenge. From carbon offsets […]
AVIATION HISTORY / CIVIL AVIATION HISTORY / JULY 6, 2024
Yuneec Electric Aircraft
First unveiled at EAA AirVenture in 2009 and shown here on display […]
AVIATION HISTORY – ARCHIVES / AUGUST 14, 2023
Smithsonian Aerospace Vault: The Bede BD-5
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Airplane Waterski Display
U.S. water ski champion Bruce Parker wows the crowd as he’s pulled by a Luscombe Model 8 aircraft across Biscayne Bay near Miami, Florida, in 1946.
Tupolev Tu-144
A Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport jet lifts off the runway at Russia’s Zhukovsky Air Development Center in September 1998.
Aircraft Factory Lipstick
WWII-era woman factory worker applies lipstick in the reflection of aircraft aluminum