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 [...]
The weather was perfect as we touched down on a small grass strip in the sea of corn for some camping by airplane. [...]
“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 [...]
1.1 Billion dollars in stimulas money has been awarded to 300 airports in the nation. Department of Transportation press secretary Sasha Johnson says “we were looking for projects that airports in the areas around the country desperately needed to be done for safety and security”
How about 15 million for the Alaskan town of Quizinkie, population 165 [...]