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Planes, puns, and politics – who has a right to the Wrights?
A few hours of research into the controversy over who deserves credit for the first powered flight is all it takes for you to question the value of a free press. I suffered through the wordplay, and I...
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Top 10 articles of all time on Air Facts
Which articles have been the most popular? Air Facts was founded in 1938, but we relaunched as an online magazine six years ago today. Since that time, over 300 pilots have shared their stories with...
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From the archives: Bob Buck gets a Boeing 707 check out
There is no real consciousness of the power of the 707, it is so quiet and smooth, the flight is effortless, the fantastic brute strength of our jet engines is not apparent, instead the strength to...
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Stayin alive – 16 favorite aviation quotes
Stayin’ Alive is the name of a 1977 hit song by the Bee Gees. It was about life in the big city, and the radio stations played it so much I became thoroughly sick of it. It still airs occasionally. The...
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Visual or instrument approach? This one is both
Airline flying is supposed to be uneventful, one might even say boring. Maneuvers that make a pilot’s heart beat a bit faster with sheer enjoyment might stimulate a cardiac infarction in a passenger!...
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How do you report something that’s physically impossible?
This story emphasizes some flight testing done during the extensive development phase of Cessna’s twin jet T-37 Air Force trainer, but highlights a side issue undertaken having unexpected consequences....
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Top 10 articles of 2015 at Air Facts
As we prepare for 2016, we’d like to take a moment to thank all of our dedicated readers and our pilot-authors for making 2015 the best year yet for Air Facts. We had over 800,000 visits to our site,...
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Will the Cuban Skyway come to life once again?
Not too long after the birth of aviation itself, a surging community was forming in Cuba. It was a community that dominated the tropical skies. And that congregated at airstrips scattered amongst the...
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HPN: a bird’s eye view, past and present
HPN was once a quiet airport surrounded by farms, as this 1947 photo shows. Airports are homes for planes. But of course they can be quite a bit more. My plane is based at Westchester County Airport...
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From the archives: Leighton Collins flies a 747 to Paris
Editor’s note: One of the most popular stories from the Air Facts archive is Leighton Collins’s spellbinding trip report from the cockpit of an early Boeing 707 on the way to Europe. This flight, in...
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Professor Armstrong – learning from an airplane geek and astronaut
It is only through the lens of history that I have come to appreciate the unique opportunity afforded to me 40 years ago while attending the University of Cincinnati. Neil Armstrong was a member of the...
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Cessna during the glory days – a test pilot’s daughter remembers
Editor’s Note: On the 40th anniversary of the Citation in 2009, Fred George of Business & Commercial Aviation magazine wrote, “Milt Sills and J. L. LeSueur strapped into the first Cessna Citation...
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The Cessna Fanjet 310 – a half century ahead of its time, sort of…
Recently after I have submitted an article to Air Facts, I say to myself, “That’s it, I’m out of topics.” Then some current event, maybe even discovering a 1955 drawing in the garage closet, shocks me...
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From the archives: Leighton Collins on angle of attack, 1965
Editor’s note: This article, originally published in the May 1965 issue of Air Facts, is a companion to Richard Collins’s recent article on The three keys to flying safely. Here, Richard’s father...
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The low wing Cessna 170 – a great idea that didn’t fly
The three views, of the airplane described by the article title, that accompany this piece were taken from an “unofficial” board size drawing I knew I had stowed away somewhere around the house, but...
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Playing politics at 27,000 feet – a story from the South Pacific
Governments use power and political manoeuvring for the benefit of the country that include bilateral agreements and trade agreements for many products. A government “Aviation Product” is high on the...
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How I came to be an ag pilot
Editor’s Note: Reader Dave Sandidge’s uncle, Bernard Threet, was an ag pilot in the Mississippi Delta region for many years. After his uncle’s recent death, Sandidge wanted to honor him by sharing the...
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Thanks for the landing
In my career I have flown with many flying instructors, and like most pilots, I remember my first flight quite vividly. It was in a Lockheed Hudson flown by Captain Harry Purvis AFC, and which took...
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From the archives: to Hong Kong in a 707
Editor’s note: Once again the Air Facts archives offer a mesmerizing flying story from record-setting airline captain Bob Buck. In this article, from the March 1969 edition, Buck takes us from New York...
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As we review 2014 at Air Facts, growth continues to be the major trend, with traffic nearly doubling in 2014 (after doubling in 2013 as well). We thank you for your loyalty and we welcome all the new...
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