Building an aircraft yourself is the start of a great journey. You will learn new things continuously along the path to completing your project. You will meet new people and your family and friends will no doubt be a part of this adventure. Being successful with your homebuilt aircraft project depends on arming yourself with [...]
The popular eBook Dreams to Flying Machines part one is now available as a free download. Part one is over 50 pages of information about building experimental homebuilt aircraft.
After reading this part i of the book you will gain a firm grasp of the world of homebuilt aircraft and be ready to make a better [...]
Just released
Dreams To Flying Machines is an eBook available at
aircraftbooksonline.com that shows a beginner how to take
your interest/dreams of aircraft and flying and get you up to speed
in the world of aircraft building. It illustrates that building and flying
your own airplane, (that many think is beyond their ability) could
be a new chapter in [...]
If you fly an ultralight, light sport, light aircraft or other aircraft you are likely to be an EAA member. Usually everything seems quite well run at the organization. But trouble have set it. And their reputation may have been tarnished a bit.
The EAA board decided to search for a new director to be the successor [...]
Whopping Cranes on ultralight led migration route
Sometimes wildlife can effect aircraft and other times aircraft effect wildlife.
In the Zimbabwe, at the Harare airport a Chinese built MA60 crashed after hitting a bush pig on takeoff. The Bush pig did not have a clue what to do when it saw the plane coming at it [...]
How about shifting your paradigm and adding some excitement to your life. You know your not getting any younger and you crave something more on the edge. Something that makes your friends eyes widen when you tell them about your new hobby.
Flying your ultralight airplane !! Yes you could do it, it not that hard [...]
The Predator B unmanned aircraft has landed at EAA AirVenture. This is the first time that the Air Force has landed this plane at a civilian airport. It will be on display at the main Aero Shell Square.
Developed in 2000 and first tested in 2001, the Predator is a long-endurance, high altitude, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. [...]
The Erickson Air Crane filling its tanks
Last Sunday aircraft designer Tom Peghimy joined the small group of flyers piloting electric aircraft they designed. Peghiny flew his e-Spyder at an altitude of 400 ft while obtaining 55 mph. The e-Spyder is based on the Flightstar ultralight frame and used a 20 kilowatt brushless motor from china. 40 minutes of flight [...]
“If black boxes survive air crashes – why don’t they make the
whole plane out of that stuff.” – George Carlin
Da Vinci 1452-1519
Leonardo Da Vinci is well known for being the Renascences man who
mastered numerous arts during his lifetime. One of the more interesting
Interests Leonardo pursued was studying the flight of birds and designing
and [...]