“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” Thomas Sowell Spartan Executive 7W The Spartan Executive is a cabin monoplane aircraft that was produced by the Spartan Aircraft Company during theRead more
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“Aviation is for the common man. My goal is to enable everyone to fly. It shouldn’t be only for the rich.” Tony Fernandes Since last week’s mystery aircraft was relatively easy to identify, according to the number of correct answers I received, this week I have provided another interesting aircraft type. Please send your answersRead more
“Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.” Barry Goldwater SAAB 210 (Information from Wikipedia) The Saab 210 is an approximately 70% scale research prototype for the double-delta configuration of the Saab 35 Draken supersonic fighter. It became known by the unofficial nicknameRead more
“Aviation is poetry. It’s the finest kind of moving around, you know, just as poetry is the finest way of using words.” Jessie Redmon Fauset Since last week’s mystery aircraft was relatively easy to identify, according to the number of correct answers I received, this week I have provided another interesting aircraft type. Please sendRead more
“Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem-solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous and artists tend not to be.” Chris Carter Yak 38 (Information from Wikipedia) The Yakovlev Yak-38 (Russian: Яковлев Як-38; NATO reporting name: ‘Forger’) was Soviet Naval Aviation’s only operationalRead more
“Aviation is poetry. It’s the finest kind of moving around, you know, just as poetry is the finest way of using words.” Jessie Redmon Fauset Since last week’s mystery aircraft was relatively easy to identify, according to the number of correct answers I received, this week I have provided another interesting aircraft type. Please sendRead more
“Pilots are a rare kind of human. They leave the ordinary surface of the world, to purify their soul in the sky and they come down to earth, only after receiving the communion of the infinite.” Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra Heinkel He-274 (Information from Wikipedia) The Heinkel He 274 was a German heavy bomber purpose-designedRead more
“The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets …” Lysander Spooner Since last week’s mystery aircraft was challenging to identify, according to the number of correct answers I received (35), this week I have provided another interesting aircraft type. Please send your answers toRead more
“I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery de Haviland DH.91 Albatross The de Havilland DH.91 Albatross was a four-engined British transport aircraft of the 1930s manufactured by de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited. Seven aircraft were built between 1938 and 1939. The DH.91 was designed in 1936Read more
“Let’s get one thing straight. There is a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight.” Elrey Borge Jeppesen Since last week’s mystery aircraft was challenging to identify, according to the number of correct answers I received, this week I have providedRead more