The global civil aviation industry has pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Decarbonization is one of the biggest trends in aviation, but how that goal...
99 years ago, on 25 October 1923, the first aerial refueling was conducted. First Lieutenant Lowell Herbert Smith and First Lieutenant John P. Richter, Air Service,...
Even when you follow the directions on a spray-paint can, the head tends to clog! One solution is to fill the center well of the cap...
If you’ve ever damaged muffler mounting lugs, try this. Saw off and file the lugs, and cut a hose clamp in half. Drill the clamp and...
Flying car is a frequent misnomer for electric air taxis, but in the case of Alef Aeronautics’ the term appropriately applies to an eVTOL vehicle purportedly...
Militaryaerospace.com reported that the Air Force Air Combat Command Acquisition Management and Integration Center at Langley AFB, VA., recently announced a $21.5 million order from Mesa,...
To simulate cannon in the leading edges of sport-scale models, use the little nylon dipper tubes from bottle of “liquid paper” thinner. These flexible nylon tubes...
Put a rubber tube over the shank of your screwdriver to avoid damaging your engine’s cylinder fins if the screwdriver slips. Adapted from 400 Great R/C...
In the first photo, German scientists are seen testing a Messerschmitt Bf 109 in a wind tunnel, circa 1940. In the second, a Loening SCL-1 seaplane...
Phoenix 2, Lilium’s 5th Generation Technology Demonstrator, has achieved full transition from hover to wing-borne flight on both the wings and canards. According to the German...
On many cowled gasoline engines, it’s difficult to reach in to choke the intake. Silver-solder a regular copper plumbing elbow, cut as required, to an adapter...
One foot of no. 12-2 electrical wire costs very little. Strip away the heavy outer covering to expose the conductors, then pull the insulation off the...