Last time, I talked about how, even in the 21st Century, wooden propellers have advantages over metal propellers. For one thing, wooden propellers deal with the many vibrations of the engine and the ...
The Naples Museum of Military Memorabilia will soon have an old piece of aviation history to display. Retired Navy pilot Dave Dyke, 80, of North Naples, is giving the museum a 7-foot-2-inch wooden ...
An aircraft in the living room? Fans of aviation would argue that there is something satisfying about drinking their coffee at a table made of an Antonov 12 engine. Or perhaps, entertaining guests on ...
Click to open image viewer. Samuel P. Langley's successful 1896 flights of model Aerodromes Numbers 5 and 6 led to plans to build a larger, human-carrying airplane. However, his simple scaling of ...