Aviation

Medical helicopters need to be fast and able to beat heavy traffic in order to improve a patient’s chances for survival. Helicopter travel can cut transport times by about half of what it would take by ambulance. In addition to offering speed, medical aircraft are designed to provide both basic and advanced life support services on board, and... 

Project Tom-Tom was originated by the United States Air Force’s Strategic Air Command as a way to provide its long range heavy bomber fleets with a fighter umbrella by towing them on semi-fixed wing links. The concept of the MX-1018, the programs official call-sign, was devised from the FICO (Fighter Conveyor) system. A program initiated by the... 

Lieutenant Colonel William Bryan commanded an AH-64 Apache battalion of the 229th Aviation Regiment, attached to the US Army’s ‘Mist Air Assault Division, during the Gulf War. “We knew that on G-day, the day the ground war started, the division was going to establish an airhead very deep inside Iraq. So in the week before that my mission... 

Convair’s B-36 long range bomber is well recognized by many attributes. It was America’s first true intercontinental heavy bombing platform and the Strategic Air Command’s initial deterrence weapon. Although its service life of just 10 operational years (1949 to 1959) was short in comparison to other aircrafts conceived during the... 

It seems like today the latest craze is to travel by private jet charter. Most celebrities do it, in fact a lot of them even own their own planes. People typically assume that ‘normal’ people can’t afford it but it can actually work out cheaper than normal flying, especially for businesses. Tom Cruise reportedly owns three private... 

“Nobody said it will be easy, but I think that this (bombing) campaign can shorten the ground war to a minimum. In fact, there’s a good enough chance that Britain’s public would rise and force its government to the negotiating table”, said a boastful Paul Behncke, Deputy Chief (Konteradmiral) of the German Imperial Navy Staff... 

The means that you use for travelling depend on several factors – one of which is safety. However, there are many other things one considers before travelling. The most important among these are the travel budget and also where you want to travel. In case of travelling within the city, trains and automobiles are used. However if you want to go... 

Just days after the American and British forces broke through the German defenses at Normandy, foreshadowing the end of Nazi rule over the European Continent, much of that country’s top technical personnel began to filter out in hopes of escaping the ever closing circle. Most were captured by the Western Allies (United States and Great Britain);... 

Autopsy Reveals: Pilot Who Flew Plane Into IRS Building Was “Pulverized” An autopsy report shows that the Austin man who flew his small plane into the side of a building that housed IRS offices was “pulverized” in the fiery crash. Read more on KWTX-TV Waco  Read More →

Flight schools are places where students get the direction of flight using certified and specialized instructors. These schools train students for the aviation industry. Students come into these schools to make their careers as pilots. The aviation sector is booming if schools are driving demand. Most young people come to these schools to convert their...