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SpaceX’s Dragon splashes down

SpaceX’s Dragon splashes down

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy  SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule parachuted to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean today, ending the first-ever commercial mission to the International Space Station. The 19-foot-long (6-meter-long), gumdrop-shaped Dragon made history last week as the first U.S. craft to reach the orbital station since […]
747 Pilot comments about carrying the Shuttle

747 Pilot comments about carrying the Shuttle

A quick “trip report” from the pilot of the 747 that flew the shuttle back to Florida after the Hubble repair flight.A humorous and interesting inside look at what it’s like to fly two aircraft at once . . . Well, it’s been 48 hours since I landed the 747 with the shuttle Atlantis on […]
70th Doolittle Reunion

70th Doolittle Reunion

  As the hands of time continue to march forward, we find ourselves now approaching the 70th anniversary of the epic events of WW II. While the participants of those desperate times steadily dwindle, efforts to honor and acknowledge their sacrifices and service are being held around the country at appropriate venues. To commemorate America’s […]
William Wylam P-47D Drawing

William Wylam P-47D Drawing

The date on Wylam’s art for the P-47D Thunder-bolt is December 1944. At the time, Air Age Publish-ing was 15 years old. Model Airplane News was a relative upstart and Wylam was producing his fantastic art for us. That makes FJ’s sister magazine and our parent company 83 years old—one of the oldest family-owned publishing […]
GEICO SKYTYPERS POST MESSAGES IN THE SKIES OVER LONG ISLAND

GEICO SKYTYPERS POST MESSAGES IN THE SKIES OVER LONG ISLAND

GEICO SKYTYPERS POST MESSAGES IN THE SKIES OVER LONG ISLAND Performance team features custom messages, precision flying in World War II-vintage planes Farmingdale, NY (May 22, 2012) The GEICO Skytypers are scheduled to perform Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-27 at the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach in New York.  The team is excited to perform this weekend in their hometown. […]
SpaceX Launch: Falcon 9 Rocket Blasts Off Carrying Dragon Capsule

SpaceX Launch: Falcon 9 Rocket Blasts Off Carrying Dragon Capsule

Second time’s a charm. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station early Tuesday morning, carrying the Dragon capsule payload that, if all goes according to plan, will dock with the International Space Station later this week. This is the first time a private company has attempted to berth a spacecraft with […]
Old Aviators and Old Airplanes….

Old Aviators and Old Airplanes….

  Old Aviators and Old Airplanes…. This is a good little story about a vivid memory of a P-51 and its pilot, by a fellow who was 12 years old in Canada in 1967. It was to take to the air. They said it had flown in during the night from some U.S. Airport, the […]
An electric plane that can fly forever??

An electric plane that can fly forever??

A new aerospace company, Flight of the Century. is planning to build and fly an electric plane that can fly indefinitely! See text in red about how they intend to make the battery last longer. Interesting stuff!   Orange County, California, May 10, 2012—-American electric vehicle pioneer Chip Yates and his team of record-breaking engineers […]
‘Aviators’ films segments in Fargo, Grand Forks

‘Aviators’ films segments in Fargo, Grand Forks

FARGO — Anthony Nalli is a longtime pilot, and the executive producer and one of the hosts of the popular PBS television show “The Aviators.” But he had never flown a helicopter before climbing aboard a simulator at the University of North Dakota’s School of Aerospace Sciences in Grand Forks. “I tell you, I got […]
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