Moments in Aviation History: Bubble Canopy

Posted on November 28, 2023 by

stef Posted in — 1 Comment ↓

Today’s strip is taken from our book “Moments in Aviation History“, a project that was (and still is) near and dear to our hearts. We scheduled a big launch of this book at AERO 2020, but that obviously went up …

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Tagged with: canopy, fluffy dice, history, MIAH, moments in aviation history, mustang, p-51, WW2, WWII

Noise cancelling headset

Posted on November 21, 2023 by

mike Posted in — 2 Comments ↓

Noise cancelling technology was definitely a game changer. Almost every headset has them now, but I remember when they first started out. They didn’t quite work on helicopters, especially with two bladed systems and flying with the doors off. At …

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Tagged with: faa, headphones, headset, noise cancelling, noise reduction, scheduling, wrench

Grounded aircraft

Posted on November 15, 2023 by

stef Posted in — 8 Comments ↓

Okay, so prepared this post yesterday and and tried to write a thoughtful and balanced blog about the whole subject of climate change and the future of propulsion in aviation and then the website crashes and I lose it all. …

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Tagged with: carbon, climate change, grounded, grounded maintenance

Corsair spaghetti

Posted on November 7, 2023 by

mike Posted in — 5 Comments ↓

The mechanics and model plane builders among you will be able to relate to this the most, I bet. I have seen model planes hooked up backwards or the servo turning the wrong direction as well. Never ended well. Rigging …

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Tagged with: bowden cables, cables, corsair, f45, hangar del chuck, homebuild, rudder control cables, tools