Who was the Copy Cat?
Who was the Copy Cat? By Norm Goyer All you have to do is look at the new batch of 2014 autos now being introduced, they all look alike. The designers claim that wind tunnel tests dictate the main...
View ArticleJet Blue Emergency – Aircraft Stopped on Runway – Slides Deployed – LGB Closed
A Jet Blue Airbus has stopped midfield at Long Beach Airport, slides have been deployed and passengers have been evacuated. Fire trucks are rolling out with more on the way. What makes this emergency...
View ArticleLatest on Diesel Powered Aircraft
By: Norm Goyer The fact that 100LL aircraft fuel is going to be withdrawn from production due to its source of lead in the atmosphere has spurred a frantic search for a replacement. It seems that...
View ArticleDoodlebug, You Have a Famous Grandson
By Norm Goyer I first met the McDonnell F-4 Phantom in the skies of the High Desert. They were all over the area as they and the Republic F-105 Thud were the two aircraft used by the Air Force in …...
View ArticleFace Off, Piper J-3 Cub vs. Aeronca 7AC Champ
By: Norm Goyer Both the J-3 and the 7AC recently got a new lease on life. They both are approved for flying with a driver’s license only. There are a few provisions that must be met however. They have...
View ArticleAeronca’s Early Birds, Model LC and Scout, Model K
By Norm Goyer When I was a about 11 or 12 years old I built dime and quarter models from Megow. Two of them were particular good rubber band powered flyers. The Aeronca Collegiate and Aeronca Model K...
View ArticleLet it Snow, Let it Snow
By: Norm Goyer Truthfully, I do miss certain aspects of life in New England. When asked this question, I always answer that I miss our family camping excursions to Horton’s Camp Ground in North...
View ArticleMother Cessna 172 and her Chicklets
By Norm Goyer There is a good reason why the Cessna 172 Skyhawk is named year after year as one of the best aircraft ever designed. It is! I believe that a huge percentage of pilots around the world...
View ArticleHarrison Ford Crashes PT-22 Vintage Aircraft
A small plane piloted by Harrison Ford has crash-landed at an L.A. golf course … but we’re told the actor has survived. TMZ has learned … Ford was piloting what appears to be a vintage 2-seater fighter...
View ArticleThe Battle of the Beautiful Biplanes
BY: Norm Goyer When I look at an airplane I see far more than a flying machine. For example, I firmly believe that aviation owes some of its success to the alluring beauty of our early biplanes between...
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