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Category Archives: Bird of the Week
Grumman’s XP-50 and XF5F, Ugly Ducklings
By: Norm Goyer Grumman certainly built some outstanding aircraft including the F4F Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, TBF Avenger, F7F Tigercat, F8F Bearcat, F9F Panther and on and on. But, their early aircraft, with the exception of the pre-war twin engine Widgeon … Continue reading
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Focke Wulf Fw.61
By: Norm Goyer One of the very first practical helicopters was built in Germany in the early 1930s by Professor Henrich Focke. Focke first experimented with rotary wing development with his licensed copy of the Cierva Autogyro. He had … Continue reading
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Cheap Airplanes, Getting Into the Air With Mini Bucks
By: Norm Goyer I know that anyone who really wants to fly can attain his or her goals by creative pursuance of current aviation practices and policies. You need to know what you don’t need to learn to fly, that’s … Continue reading
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Curtiss XP-10, Gull Wing Beauty
By: Norm Goyer Over the years there has been some very interesting gull wing airplanes and some unusual ones. But, why a gull wing? Let’s look at some of the most well known and some rare gull wing aircraft. My … Continue reading
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Englands Hawker WWII Fighters
By: Norm Goyer England depended on a series of Hawker biplane fighters between the wars; some models fought into World War II as well. In fact biplane Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers were heavily involved in the sinking of the Bismark. … Continue reading
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Bower’s Fly Baby, Wood, Wind and Wire
By: Norm Goyer Okay, guys and gals, here is a single place low wing which you probably can buy and fly for under $7000. No kidding, these are great little planes designed by the master homebuilder Pete Bowers who honed … Continue reading
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Grumman American Yankee AA-1
By: Norm Goyer The Yankee AA-1 is one of the most economical two passenger certified aircraft available on the used market. It not only makes a great puddle jumper Sunday flier, it is easy to maintain and great fun to … Continue reading
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More Learn to Fly Programs
By: Norm Goyer Thanks Wikipedia for the facts about CPT and V-5 Learn to Fly government programs. NG This week’s Under the Radar Column revisited the various GI Bill flying programs from 1944 to 2011. These were and are … Continue reading
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Air Racing Battle, France vs. Curtiss Aircraft
By: Norm Goyer While doing research for an article on the history of air racing I stumbled on a wide variety of interesting tidbits regarding the very large international air racing scene during the early 1920s. The battle of aviation … Continue reading
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Travel Air Mystery Ship
By: Norm Goyer The Travel Air Model R was designed and built by employees of the Travel Air Company, mostly on their own time. When the company finally agreed to finance the remaining work an all out effort was put … Continue reading
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