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Water Jet Powered Drone Takes Off With Explosions

On this web page of IEEE Spectrum web site you can find the news about the first drone that takes off from water. The drone uses an explosion-powered water jet.

First ever plane with no moving parts takes flight

On this web page of The Guardian web site you can find the news about the first plane that propels itself by electrifying air molecules to create an ionic wind.

First ever plane with no moving parts takes flightFlight represents breakthrough that could lead eventually to carbon-neutral air travel

How to fly the P-47 Thunderbolt

On this web page of the Silodrome web site you can find the following interesting WWII training videos:

Pilot familiarization (1943)
Ground handling, take-off, normal flight, landing (1943)
High altitude flight and aerobatics (1943)

How To Fly The P-47 Thunderbolt - World War II Training FilmThis World War II training film covers pilot familiarization with the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, one of the most prolific and most beloved fighter/bombers

Heavier than air

With his brother Wilbur, Orville Wright built the first successful airplane. It was then that his troubles began.

By Eric Hodgins

Orville Wright Comes Down to EarthEric Hodgins’s 1930 Profile of the engineer who, with his brother Wilbur, built the first successful airplane.

Wright Brothers Test Flight (1909)

Using shark scales to design better drones, planes, and wind turbines

Bioinspired vortex generators increase airfoil lift, decrease drag.

By Leah Burrows

Taking Flight in DC – The Story of Albert Zahm

Mr. Albert Zahm was one of the aviation pioneers and associated with the Catholic University of America

by Shane MacDonald

The Archivist’s Nook: Taking Flight in DC – The Story of Albert ZahmBetween 1910-1914, the world witnessed a true clash of the titans. On one side were the Wright Brothers and on the other was Glenn Curtis. The dispute centered on aviation patents. During this leng…

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