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17 October 2010 grant b 0

On October 14, 1947, “stick and rudder man” Chuck Yeager proved that you didn’t dissolve, explode or travel through time if you went faster than the speed of sound. He… Read the rest “Science Art: Bell X-1A In Flight (aviation anniversary tribute 2)”

16 October 2010 grant b 0

On October 18, 1910, a team of… well, what would we call them? They take machines and go through the air like birds, so let’s call them aviators. A team of aviators made the first… Read the rest “Science Art: Wellman’s Airship America (aviation anniversary tribute 1)”

6 August 2010 grant b 0

Hybrid Air Vehicles has built a scale prototype of what will soon be the largest flying vessel in the world – a huge balloon made

2 July 2010 grant b 0

The Guardian buoys my spirits with a vision of low-pollution, lighter-than-air travel:

The government’s former chief scientific adviser, Professor Sir David King, now director

24 May 2010 grant b 0

The Christian Science Monitor (a surprisingly good source for tech news) is carrying a report on the newest advances in old flying technology – the world’s largest inflatable… Read the rest “Zeppelin ready to take wing. Or, uh, airbag.”

29 April 2010 grant b 0

So, you’d think this’d be bigger news, but I heard about it on the Geeky Gadgets blog. (That’s its actual name.) DARPA, the military research organization lost one of… Read the rest “Fast glider goes… ooops.”

17 January 2010 grant b 0

This is the US Navy’s airship Los Angeles, the most successful of America’s rigid-body airships, engaging in a maneuver that proved dirigibles like these… Read the rest “Science Art: The U.S.S. Los Angeles moored on the U.S.S. Pakota, 1924”

14 June 2009 grant b 0

Gustave Whitehead was a Bavarian immigrant to Connecticut who in all likelihood made a steam-powered machine fly for more than half a mile in 1899 – not only a longer distance than … Read the rest “Science Art: Gustave Whitehead on the #21, by Dick Howell”

3 May 2009 grant b 0

This is what a sonic boom looks like, through a Schlieren camera – one outfitted to see differences in air pressure. The T-38 pilot could probably feel these bands… Read the rest “Science Art: Schlieren photograph of a T-38 at Mach 1.1, altitude 13,700 feet, by Leonard Weinstein.”