When the Wright brothers first took to the air they had only two methods to control their aircraft. In place of a rudder and ailerons they used “wing warping” much the same as a bird does. In place of an…
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Miracle – that’s a word to define something – an event or occurrence – extraordinary that our mind cannot readily associate with our every day perceptions. Miracles usually awe and amaze us and happen with seemingly no rational or logical…
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Unlike in a car, where a stall involves an engine cutting out, an aircraft stall has to do with a lack of air moving over and under the wing. Air moving over and under the wing creates lift to keep…
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The average person could spend hours looking up the ten most important inventions of the 19th century. He/she would probably never find any invention regarding any type of telegraph on one of those subjective lists but it should be placed…
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Planes are built with a series of complex mechanisms that allow the pilot to maintain control during flight. Every plane found in the air today requires specific controls in order to maintain flight and properly navigate the crystal blue skies….
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There is a popular view that beyond the Earth, there is nothing but barren wastes and balls of gas. “Nothing to write home about”, seems to be a view held by some in the media. But the evidence uncovered by…
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A turboprop is an aircraft engine that combines features of both jet and reciprocating engines. A turboprop is a type of gas turbine (technically, this makes it a jet engine). But instead of getting its thrust from expelling hot gas…
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The Big Picture(As seen by an amoeba) So as it turned out, the kid never did know what happened to him. He never even got to imagine that he had a role in the events that were soon to transpire….
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The majority of procedures and rules in aviation are written in blood. We design and build the safest aircraft possible, given the best available knowledge and skill. Inevitably, an unforeseen circumstance will cause a catastrophic wing failure. Every failure and…
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Science, or scientia in Latin for “knowledge”, is an enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the world. Its purpose is to explain nature and subordinate it to man. In the course…
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