http://www.articlesphere.com/Category/Airplanes-Helicopters/525 Airplanes Helicopters articles from Find Articles at ArticleSphere.com Rss Follow Up Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:48:43 -0700 Flying without wings, why Hov Podding is popularising hovercraft ownership. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Flying-Without-Wings/104003 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Flying-Without-Wings/104003 It is a great privilege to be able to retain the services of a lear jet when you need it for business or personal use. Some individuals are seasoned travelers, while others might feel some pangs of reservation when they think of executive jet travel http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/How-Jet-Engines-Operate/78389 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/How-Jet-Engines-Operate/78389 A career in flying helicopters or airplanes is a dream of many youngsters. Learning to fly is an expensive affair. It is very important to choose the best training school that trains you in flying. Visit the school; meet with the owner/president, look the facilities and aircraft over. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/How-To-Pick-A-Helicopter-School-For-Training/36959 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/How-To-Pick-A-Helicopter-School-For-Training/36959 Aviation, fascinating for many, boring for others. Not here though. Some very interesting aviation "trivia" - and not only for the enthusiast. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Aviation---Really-Part-Of-Our-Lives/35253 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Aviation---Really-Part-Of-Our-Lives/35253 Some experts say the fighter aircraft of the future will be able to maneuver closely around each other in situations where the missile will be of little use and the gun will again be all important. Shades of the Spitfire and the Mustang? http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-F-22-and-the-Fighter-Aircraft-s-Future/35252 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-F-22-and-the-Fighter-Aircraft-s-Future/35252 The English Electric Lightning was the world's first online fighter to attain speeds in excess of Mach 2.0 in straight and level flight. From takeoff to level flight at 30,000 feet in 2 minutes, it served as part of NATO's first line response until 1976. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-English-Electric-Lightning/35251 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-English-Electric-Lightning/35251 While not many were ordered, the B-50 Superfortress was the ultimate expression of the B-29 family and one of the last piston-engined bombers built. The B-50 was retired from its main role as atomic bomber in 1955 and was removed completely from inventory ten years later. No flying examples exist today, although several can be found in various air museums. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-B-50-Superfortress/33208 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-B-50-Superfortress/33208 The Lockheed Ventura Mks I and II were more famous by the end of WW II as bomber trainers, although they were still being flown operationally by the South Africans. With a full load of bombs they were overweight for a twin-engined bomber and fared badly in raids over Europe. Later they came into their own flying maritime reconnaissance and finally as trainers. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-RAF-Lockheed-Ventura-Light-Bomber/33207 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-RAF-Lockheed-Ventura-Light-Bomber/33207 "Foo fighter" was used by Allied aircraft pilots in WW II to describe the mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the skies over Europe and the Pacific theatre. Contemporary witnesses often assumed that the foo fighters were secret weapons employed by the enemy. Despite these fears, foo fighters (whatever they might have been) were apparently never reported to have harmed or tried to harm anyone. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/World-War-II---The-Foo-Fighters/33206 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/World-War-II---The-Foo-Fighters/33206 At the beginning of World War II, the most important night bomber in service with the Royal Air Force was the twin-engined Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley Mk V, the forerunner of the Halifax and Lancaster heavy bombers. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-Armstrong-Whitworth-Whitley-MkV-Bomber/33205 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-Armstrong-Whitworth-Whitley-MkV-Bomber/33205 In 1947, the first flight that broke the sound barrier was recorded in history of aviation. Since then, we have broken many records and we have seen many experimental rocket powered aircraft come and go. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-First-Rocket-Powered-Airplanes/33204 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-First-Rocket-Powered-Airplanes/33204 The C-119 Flying Boxcar was a twin-engine, twin boom, twin tail cargo and troop transport that could carry up to 62 fully-equipped troops or a 30,000 pound cargo load. Paratroopers of most countries in the western world jumped from a C-119 at one time or another during the fifties and sixties. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/C-119-Flying-Boxcar/30879 Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/C-119-Flying-Boxcar/30879 The concluding part of the round-the-world flight of Pan American Airway's Boeing Flying Boat, the "Pacific Clipper" in 1941. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Pan-American-Airways---From-Khartoum-to-New-York-City/30567 Wed, 31 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Pan-American-Airways---From-Khartoum-to-New-York-City/30567 This is part one of Pan Am's First Around the World Flight, from Auckland, NZ to Khartoum. Pan American's "Pacific Clipper" was the first commercial aircraft to circumnavigate the globe in December 1941 and had numerous close calls along the way. This is part one of that flight. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Pan-American-Airways---From-Auckland-to-Khartoum/30566 Wed, 31 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Pan-American-Airways---From-Auckland-to-Khartoum/30566 A subjective look at a few of the highlights in the development of Aviation over the centuries from Da Vinci to the Wright Brothers. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/A-Brief-History-of-Aviation---The-Beginnings/30362 Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/A-Brief-History-of-Aviation---The-Beginnings/30362 Part two of a subjective look at a few of the highlights in the development of Aviation over the years ranging from 1908 when Glenn Curtiss flew nearly a mile in 102 seconds to Bert Rutan's 1986 non-stop circumnavigation of the globe in nine days without refueling. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/A-Brief-History-of-Aviation---1908-Onwards/30361 Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/A-Brief-History-of-Aviation---1908-Onwards/30361 An interesting history and timeline of aviation and human flight that goes as back to the 1700s. A great read for enthusiasts of airplanes and human flight. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Aviation---A-Brief-History/29739 Sat, 27 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Aviation---A-Brief-History/29739 Flying is the ultimate human achievement. There's no greater feeling, then being amongst the clouds. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Aviation---Between-Heaven-And-Earth/26728 Sun, 14 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Aviation---Between-Heaven-And-Earth/26728 By 1954 the B-47 had the lowest accident rate of any jet aircraft. Nevertheless, the B-47 never outlived its early reputation as a crew-killer. As veteran Stratojet pilot Brig. General Earl C. Peck observed in 1975, the B-47 was often admired, respected, cursed or even feared, but almost never loved. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-B-47E-Stratojet/26585 Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-B-47E-Stratojet/26585 The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is capable of dropping or launching the widest array of weapons in the U.S. inventory and holds the record for the longest strike mission in the history of aerial warfare made during the Gulf War, flying 35 hours non-stop. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-B-52H-Stratofortress/26331 Thu, 11 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-B-52H-Stratofortress/26331 Known as the Peacemaker, the B-36D was the largest aircraft in physical size ever in service with the USAF and was the first true intercontinental bomber. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-Convair-B-36D-Peacemaker/25928 Wed, 10 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-Convair-B-36D-Peacemaker/25928 The Martin B-26 Marauder was at first disliked by aircrews, but it proved to have a very low loss rate and offered a level of operational immunity to its crews unmatched by any other light bomber in its class during WWII. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-B-26-Marauder/25780 Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-B-26-Marauder/25780 The development of radar has been a tremendous boon to aviation since its first inception. Now we can fly to any destination, in all kinds of weather with complete confidence in our safety, all due in great part to avionics in general and radar in particular. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Radar---The-Early-Days-of-Development/25602 Mon, 08 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Radar---The-Early-Days-of-Development/25602 The F4U Corsair was fast, sturdy, powerful, well-armed and versatile. Its handling qualities were widely criticized, but an experienced pilot who knew the strong points of the aircraft could outmaneuver fighters that were praised for their handling and maneuverability. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-F4U-Corsair/25383 Sun, 07 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-F4U-Corsair/25383 The Soviet Yak-9 was slow and poorly armed, but it often won over the Luftwaffe fighters by the sheer force of numerical superiority. http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-Yakovlev-Yak-9/25031 Fri, 05 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-Yakovlev-Yak-9/25031