Tag Archives: model airplane parts

The good news: all you need to complete the repair you’re working on is one small part. The bad news: it’s only available in a larger, expensive assembly. The worst news: shipping time is forever. We’ve all been there, and … Continue reading →

It was designed to become the grande dame of aviation, an enormous modern plane that could seat 544 passengers — 853 if you squeezed people in — on two decks, replacing the venerable Boeing 747 with a new standard of … Continue reading →

Airplanes are to Wichita what cars are to Detroit. Ask just about any of the 390,000 residents of this Kansas town. They either build airplanes for a living or know someone who does or did. From economic boom to bust … Continue reading →

The Link Trainer, aka Blue Box or Pilot Trainer, was the world’s first commercially built flight simulator. It was designed and built by Edin Albert Link in the 1930s and was based on revolutionary techniques and equipment pioneered by Edward in the … Continue reading →

Built in Havelock, this 1929 Arrow Sport retailed for about $3,000. Now fully restored, it’s for sale for nearly $90,000. Article source: https://journalstar.com/news/local/for-k-a-flying-piece-of-havelock-history/article_96cea3d0-6791-5a30-8d03-37b1f14990c2.html

A 54-year-old man from Cambridgeshire has built the ‘world’s first’ flight simulator for the F-35B fighter jet. The grandfather built the replica in his garden shed and spent a total of £30,000 and three months on the endeavour.   Kenneth Mockford … Continue reading →

Rutan, meanwhile, was thinking about the Brobdingnagian airplane that would eventually become Stratolaunch. In 1992 he had been summoned by Antonio Elias, a senior executive at a commercial space company called Orbital Sciences Corporation, to meet with a small group. … Continue reading →