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Al Haynes was born in Dallas, Texas, in1932. After four years in the Navy he joined United Airlines, where he rose through theranks for the next 35 years. He never aspired to be a test pilot, but he became one onJuly 19, 1989, enroute from Denver to Chicago. That’s when a 12″ pie-shaped sectionof fanblade […]

Evelyn Bryan Johnson was born Evelyn Stoneon November 4, 1909 in Corbin, Kentucky. She graduated with honors from Tennessee WesleyanCollege and later attended the University of Tennessee where she met and married WyattJennings Bryan. In 1944, while living in Jefferson City, Tennessee, with W. J. serving inthe Air Corps, an ad in the paper for […]

Bill Dana was born November 3, 1930 inPasadena, Calif. He graduated the U. S. Military Academy at West Point and served fouryears in the U. S. Air Force. He joined NASA on October 1, 1958, the day it was founded,which makes him NASA’s first official employee. As a test pilot he flew the triple-sonicYF-12 (precursor […]

Cecil Ewell was born December 25, 1939, inLos Angeles, Calif. After graduating from high school in Nashville, Tenn., he earned afootball scholarship to the University of Florida. He finished the pre-med program with aBachelor’s Degree in Chemistry and was accepted to medical school. Those plans changed oneweekend when he and some friends went to Jacksonville […]

Few physical principles have ever been explained as poorly as themechanism of lift. By the time you finish reading this, you will understand the way thatwings work. But, you will probably have to forget just about everything you ever readbefore about the subject. First of all, lift has nothing to do with the curve on […]

Basedon the title, if you thought this column would deal with locating a place to setan airplane down in the event you were to be confronted with an unscheduledoff-airport landing (a forced landing), you would be mistaken. However, if youreally want to know my opinions on that subject, stick around and I’ll tell you,but first […]

Although the aftermath looks pretty bad, this big Boeing will probably flyagain. Special thanks to AVweb reader Will Reynolds for sharing with us theseimages, which were taken by an Australian pilot flying for Singapore Airlines. VisitAVweb’s Newswire for More

Back to AVweb’s daily coverage of Reno ’99 Preview Rare Bear, Lyle Shelton’s highly modified F8F Bearcat returns to Reno. In practice on Tuesday, the Bear broke a clamp holding an exhaust stack damaging a cylinder and other engine components. The crew was finishing up the cylinder change-out on Wednesday afternoon. After P-51 “Voodoo Chile” […]

NOTE: AVweb’s coverage includes many more photos. Preview  |  Day 1  |  Day 2  |  Day 3  |  Final Day Preview Reno — to air racing fans, the name conjures up thoughts of Mustangs, SeaFuries and Bearcats in full cry bending around the pylons on the racecourse atReno/Stead Airport. The P-51s, Furies and ‘Cats of […]

Interview with the FAA’s Chief Counseland Deputy Chief Counsel This is an edited transcript of meeting held August 17, 1999, at FAA Headquarters in Washington DC. Representing the FAA were Chief Counsel Nicholas Garaufis, Deputy Chief Counsel James Whitlow, and Eliot Brenner from FAA Public Affairs. Representing AVweb were Editor-In-Chief Mike Busch, Executive Editor Jeb […]