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The Quiet Little Life of NASA’s QSRA
It would surely require a unique set of circumstances to convert a…
Dayton Wright’s Race To Build a Time Machine
In the film Back to the Future II, the antagonist Biff Tannen…
How NASA’s Unconventional Bell X-14 Almost Landed in the Scrapyard
Mention the term “X-plane,” and most envision shadowy experimental military aircraft with…
Boeing Bird of Prey Shrouded in Secrecy Still
Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, McDonnell-Douglas was struggling to secure…
The Rise and Stall of the Piper PA-47 PiperJet Program
When designing a single-engine jet, there are only so many places one…
The Short Run of the Burns BA-42
Postwar aircraft development, particularly throughout the 1960s and 1970s, was an interesting…
Boeing Delivers Last 747
The last Boeing 747, the “Queen of the Skies,” has left the…
Bede XBD-2 an Experimental Prototype for Unique Technologies
Most aircraft engineers, tasked with designing a new STOL aircraft, wouldn’t opt…
The Clandestine Legacy of the Helio Twin Courier
During the 1960s and 1970s, many aircraft companies developed twin-engine derivatives of…
