Plane of the Week: Vought V-173

The "Flying Pancake" Breakfast might be the most important meal of the day, but it's got nothing on the "sweet factor" of experimental aircraft. In other words: in a world of cold breakfast cereals, be a pancake. Charles H. Zimmerman believed in pancakes, or at least it appears that way. As a researcher at Langley Memorial Aeronautic Laboratory, [...]

By |April 29th, 2016|Plane Of The Week|Comments Off on Plane of the Week: Vought V-173

Rebuilding the Very First Air Force One

Aviation history is being remade in Bridgewater, Virginia. While images of Air Force One landing in Cuba have taken social media by storm (it’s the first president to visit Cuba since the days of Coolidge, therefore the first time Air Force One has ever been on Cuban soil), the Boeing 747-200B isn’t the only presidential [...]

By |March 25th, 2016|Aviation History|Comments Off on Rebuilding the Very First Air Force One