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Month: March 2013

The Longest Flight – Part 2 of 2

admin March 31, 2013March 31, 2013

Published on March 31, 2013 With 650 miles yet to go, the winds had not turned in their favor.  The two Portuguese aviators, Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho, computed that

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The Longest Flight – Part 1 of 2

admin March 30, 2013March 31, 2013

Published on March 30, 2013 When the pair of Portuguese flyers left Lisbon, they were confident of the voyage ahead.  Their aircraft, a single engine, open cockpit, Fairey IIID biplane

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Easter Flying at Hendon

admin March 29, 2013March 29, 2013

“Compared with the previous Easter’s meeting, the weather conditions were, on the whole, not anything like so favourable this Easter, yet the exhibitions of flying that were given on the

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Sabotage!

admin March 28, 2013September 14, 2017

Published on March 28, 2013 The Armstrong Whitworth A.W. 154 Argosy II “City of Liverpool” was one of the key aircraft serving with Imperial Airways from Britain.  The airline crisscrossed

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The Miracle Landing

admin March 27, 2013March 28, 2013

Published March 27, 2013 When Captain Berry H. Young, USAF, took off that day in 1954, he had no idea that the events to come would test every ounce pilot

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100 Years Ago :: Foreign Aviation News

admin March 25, 2013March 25, 2013

Published on March 25, 2013 One hundred years ago this week, Flight published its Foreign Aviation News report.  The news spanned the globe, ranging from China and Japan to close

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A Michigan Catastrophe

admin March 25, 2013March 25, 2013

This Week’s Hints to help you along: Oh the tragedy, the ill will of the skies and the wires! The True North strong and free! From far and wide…. A

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The Aerial Transit Company

admin March 24, 2013March 25, 2013

Published on March 24, 2013 The Aerial Transit Company was established and incorporated in England “to convey letters, goods and passengers from place to place through the air….”  With the

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Aerial Spies in Ceylon?

admin March 23, 2013March 23, 2013

Published on March 23, 2013 “ACCORDING to reports that have reached us, MM. Marc Pourpe and George Verminck, two Bleriot pilots who have been giving flying exhibitions in Ceylon, have

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The Goliath

admin March 22, 2013March 22, 2013

Published on March 22, 2013 On this date in aviation history, March 22, 1919, the world’s first regularly scheduled international service began operations that linked two cities, Brussels and Paris,

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First Lessons in Flight

admin March 21, 2013March 21, 2013

Published on March 21, 2013 “NOWADAYS it is safe to remark that any pupil who can keep a fairly clear head and who has quite an average amount of common

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Pedaliante

admin March 18, 2013March 18, 2013

Published on March 18, 2013 The idea of man-powered flight dates back thousands of years to the story of Icarus and Daedalus, who in ancient myth flew with wings made

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A Rare Three-Engine Beast

admin March 18, 2013March 18, 2013

This Week’s Hints to help you along: Originally designed with radials, flown with 4 cyl. inline engines. Performed well, but only six were built despite marketing efforts. Could this have

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A Flying Model from 100 Years Ago

admin March 17, 2013March 17, 2013

Published on March 17, 2013 One hundred years ago, in the early days of aviation’s rapid advance, the flights with model aeroplanes were highly respected and not considered, “child’s play”. 

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Goddard’s Dream

admin March 16, 2013March 16, 2013

Published on March 16, 2013 “March 16 [1926].  Went to Auburn with S in am.  E and Mr. Roope came out at 1 p.m.  Tried rocket at 2.30.  It rose

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Chasing Pancho Villa

admin March 15, 2013March 16, 2013

Published on March 15, 2013 By January 1916, Francisco “Pancho” Villa and his men had been declared enemies by the US Government in the aftermath of an ambush of a

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Invasion Stripes

admin March 14, 2013March 14, 2013

Published on March 14, 2013 The invasion of France was less than three months away and Allied forces were massing across England.  As planners labored in secret in preparation for

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High Upon a Kite

admin March 13, 2013March 13, 2013

Published on March 13, 2013 “High Upon a Kite. The No. 1 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps carried out an extensive series of experiments with kites at Farnborough, on

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Brindejonc des Moulinais Returns Home

admin March 12, 2013May 29, 2013

Published on March 12, 2013 One hundred years ago today, the publication Flight, from the Royal Aero Club, was arriving in the post around Great Britain carrying news of events

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The Dunne Flying Wing

admin March 11, 2013March 10, 2013

Published on March 11, 2013 “One of the most important items recently chronicled in Flight was that recording the achievement of Lieut. J. W. Dunne, who, at Eastchurch in the

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A Retracting Float Seaplane

admin March 11, 2013March 11, 2013

This Week’s Hints to help you along: After take-off, the pilots retracts the float against the fuselage. The wing floats retract outward and form wingtip fairings. Designed to hunt submarines;

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Broken Arrow

admin March 10, 2013March 10, 2013

Published on March 10, 2013 On March 10, 1956 — today in aviation history — the Department of Defense authorized the following information release: March 10, 1956/B-47/ Mediterranean Sea The

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“More Lost Than Lieutenant Bello”

admin March 9, 2013March 9, 2013

Published on March 9, 2013 The phrase “”More lost than Lieutenant Bello” (“Más perdido que el Teniente Bello”) is a part of Chile’s linguistic heritage and refers to someone who

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The Baroness of Flight

admin March 8, 2013February 20, 2017

Published on March 8, 2013 “Flying is the best possible thing for women.” — Raymonde de Laroche It seems fitting that today, on International Women’s Day, we should salute the

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The Inflatable Plane

admin March 7, 2013March 7, 2013

Published on March 7, 2013 The household vacuum cleaner ran smoothly for 25 minutes, slowly pushing air into the inflatable, collapsed wing, which would span 27 feet once filled.  Incredibly,

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The Last Flight of the Blackbird

admin March 6, 2013March 7, 2013

Published on March 6, 2013 Today in aviation history, on March 6, 1990, the very last US Military flight of the SR-71 Blackbird took place.  The flight originated from Palmdale,

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Dawn of the Spitfire

admin March 5, 2013March 5, 2013

Published on March 5, 2013 Air Ministry Specification F.7/30 was published in 1930 and called for British firms to prepare designs for a future fighter plane, one that could achieve

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Operation K

admin March 4, 2013March 4, 2013

Published on March 4, 2013 The date was March 4, 1942.  Just four months had passed since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  Since then, America had ramped up its

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From Instructor to Fighter

admin March 4, 2013March 4, 2013

This Week’s Hints to help you along: The tail design might help you, but probably not…. Exceedingly rare and later scrapped after rejection by the military. Sleek, but still a

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TOPGUN

admin March 3, 2013March 3, 2013

Published on March 3, 2013 At the height of the air war over Vietnam, the USAF and US Navy kill ratios achieved by their pilots in combat were far lower

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Concorde!

admin March 2, 2013March 2, 2013

Published on March 2, 2013 Twice before, weather had delayed the first test flight.  High winds had dogged the plans and even today, on March 2, 1969, the winds were

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Uncle Sam’s Able Fox

admin March 1, 2013March 2, 2013

Published on March 1, 2013 On this date in aviation history, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) published a draft of the new, universal, worldwide phonetic alphabet to be used

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