Air & Space Smithsonian – September 2019
Beforetheairplanesheadtostorage,however, visitorscanseethemundergoingconservationat theHazyCenter’sMaryBakerEngenRestoration Han ...
T hesunrisesandsetsat peaktravel periods,duringtheearlymorning andafternoonrushhoursandmanydriv- ersfindthemselvestemporarilybli ...
THE FUTURE OF AEROSPACE systems. The university offers a minor degree program in aerospace engineering, and Lara found ways to e ...
a droneflyingoutsideFIU’sengineeringfacility,he talkedtotheAeroClubmemberpilotingit.Soon, hewashelpingdesignandbuildFIU’sentryin ...
At the Intersection of Art and Physics Satellite Antennas Inspired by Origami AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, STUDENTS HELP ...
andversatilityareespeciallyusefulforsmallsatellitesand CubeSats. Despitetheirshiftingshapes,suchantennasaredesigned tobesimple:“ ...
There’snoroadsidesignforSandersAeronauticsin Ione,a remote,bucolictowninnorthernCalifornia GoldRushcountry.Theonlyhintthatyou’re ...
businessinsmokegeneratorsusedinairshows. It wasMay4,1990,a Friday. ThefollowingMonday,Sanders’widow,Ruth, helda meetingwithhertw ...
The clipped-wing Bearcat Rare Bear looks like a kid next to the stately Sea Fury 924. Fury and ‘cat were the ultimate in 1940s p ...
for three of the top five qualifiers in last year’s Unlimited field at Reno, the field that almost exclu- sively features modifi ...
During a 1988 visit to Chino, Frank Sanders and his granddaughter Shannon share a seat on one of the slower vehicles Sanders has ...
Ruth flying a T-34 with one son and Frank in 924 with the other. Although she never officially checked out in the Sea Fury, she ...
landings but imposes a weight penalty on a racer.) Blind in one eye, Frank chose not to race the airplane at Reno, but he logged ...
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The Centaurus engine’s distinctive fi ve-blade propeller (top, foreground) always attracts attention in the Reno pits; Dreadnoug ...
else in-house with an assortment of traditional mills, lathes, welders, and English wheels, not to mention several master crafts ...
a cost of $250,000, Dreadnought’s radial engine has been rebuilt only once, after a catastrophic failure in 1995 forced Dennis t ...
34 AIR & SPACE airspacemag.com AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AIR RACES in Reno this month, a couple dozen magnificently resto ...
ASWEETHEARTOFARIDE– 1931WACOQCF ChrisGallowayalwayslikedthelookofthe WacoF series.Hisfirstflightinhis 1931 Waco QCFwasonlyabouta ...
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