Wendell Barnhouse

Nervous Flyer? Don’t Stress! Boeing 777 Stress Test Showed Amazing Strength of Wing

Turbulence can spook even the most experienced flyers. This video by Boeing should make you feel better. Every certified aircraft is stringently tested to handle the toughest conditions, then much…

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Commercial

Blast From The Past: Father/Son Crew Fly L-1011 To Europe

Father and Son share special moment as they pilot the mighty Lockheed L-1011 to Europe in a classic video Aviation Media, Inc., produced a “Wonderful World of Flying’ video and…

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A record-setting flight by a “fast” female pilot

Learn about a record-setting flight and the pioneering female aviator who was at the controls. On April 22, 1961 a Lockheed L-1329 JetStar flew from New Orleans to Bonn and…

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Pilots Do It Better: Flying Scarfs Project Eager To Take Next Step In Humanitarian Mission

Second of two parts; an Avgeekery.com exclusive on Flying Scarfs which is on a “mission is to help bring people in under-developed countries out of poverty through economic opportunity.”…

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History

The Longest Flight With No Alternate Airports Requires Perfect Fuel Calculations

Making sure the fuel supplies are more than adequate is crucial when flying the longest route in the world with no alternate landing site. Say you’re driving on an Interstate,…

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Watch These Steely T-6 Pilots Water Ski Their Plane Across a Lake

Can a World War II-era training aircraft water ski? Just watch and you’ll find out. At first glance, the assignment labeled “T-6 Texan (WWII plane) water skiing caused this…

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What Are Pilots Looking at in their HUD? Watch this…

This won’t be on the test … but you can tutor yourself on what it’s like to sit in the pilot’s seat and use the HUD in the modern 737-800.…

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This Radio-Controlled “Model” C-17 Globemaster Is Huuuuuuge

It’s not 1/1 scale, but this radio-controlled “model” aircraft is large enough to require a loadmaster and ground crew. Those of us who glued together model aircraft growing up were probably…

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This Crazy Looking Engine was Ultra Efficient But Was Never Adopted. What Happened?

The UnDucted Fan developed by General Electric should have been more than a great trivia question. (Welcome to Avgeekery Jeopardy.) “Alex, I’ll take Dismissed Aircraft Technology for one hundred.” Answer:…

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The Black Widow Was Probably The Better Jet, Why Didn’t It Win?

If the YF-23 Black Widow II was the superior prototype, did Northrup and McDonnell Douglas get robbed in the selection process? The mission was to make the world’s fastest, smartest…

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Boeing’s X-32 Was The Ugly Duckling In JSF Competition

A question with no answer: Would Boeing’s X-32 have been the better choice for the Joint Strike Fighter program? As the Joint Strike Fighter concept developed over a decade ago,…

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