Saturday, July 31st, 1999 Yesterday’s Gallery Today’s Airshow Prop design: Salvador Dali The Big Apple comes to Oshkosh. A matter of perspective. Twins. I don’t care what the sign says…I’m gonna touch it! For Sale? Once was enough. HOT PAINT! No Struttin’. 57 Jagged Paint You want fries with that? Unclear on the concept. When […]
Warbirds Collide — Aftermath NTSB Probe Of Warbird Crash To Focus On Communications… The NTSB said it will look closely at aircraft communication procedures inuse at the time of the formation takeoff that ended with the spectacular crashof an F-4U Corsair during the Thursday airshow at AirVenture ’99. Laird”Lad” Doctor, of Dallas, Texas, the Corsair’s […]
At a press conference a few years ago, Cessna had a one-word answer to aquestion about when it might resume production of its popular C-340 light twin:”Never.” The light twins on the market have always been known asdemanding to fly, particularly when an engine fails. Piston twins, most of themunderpowered, tend to have engine-out performance […]
First Pioneers Tapped For Ultralight Hall of Fame Twenty-four EAA conventions back, a flyer of slight stature stepped off theOshkosh grass and into the air – before his Easy Riser tumbled to the groundbefore tens of thousands of eyes. But three years later, John Moody’s minormishap in his McCullough 101 chain-saw-engine-powered flyer was hardlyremembered compared […]
ADS-B is coming and it’s coming fast. Automatic Dependent Surveillance -Broadcast is picking up where Mode S and TCAS left off. Airplanes equipped withADS-B will broadcast their GPS-derived positions to ground stations and otheraircraft, which opens the door to free flight and should allow for better ops inreduced visibilities, both in the air and on […]
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