The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear aircraft carrier in the world, has been officially retired today at a ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia—special appearance by Captain Kirk included. Since her comissioning in November 1961, she has served under ten Commanders-in-Chief, including John F. Kennedy...
...the same runway? What is the separation needed for a C40 (large aircraft) departing from the same runway following a King Air aircraft (small) who just departed (same runway)?
This Russian Army's Mil Mi-8 helicopter is in a surprisingly good state, considering it crashed against the east side of Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Russia and Europe. It was found by alpinist Ilya Yahsin at 15,748 feet. More »
This is the brain of the Nimitz-class supercarrier USS Harry S. Truman—its air control center. From here, the ship performs its core function: Command around 64 aircraft, including F/A-18F Super Hornets, Hornets, Prowlers, Hawkeyes, Greyhounds, and Seahawk helicopters. More »
cruise at 540 mi/h; the slower type can?
An airline company operates two types of aircraft. The faster type can cruise at 540 mi/h; the slower type can travel only at 520 mi/h. If it takes the faster aircraft 4.50 hours to cover an established route, how many more minutes will it take the...
on Pictures)? This pictures was given to me by my father when I was a young child. Some I have two of each. The image for example on one is a Submarine Rescue Vessel (ASR) cost $3,000.000. On this one under the picture the following caption: THIS SUBMARINE RESCUE VESSEL SPONSORED AND MADE...
I checked on their site but they had very few I was hoping someone had one they or someone else may have created that I could get. Its a Saitek X52 game flight controller and the game is X-Plane 9. Thank you.
I have a few, because I want my aircraft to be realistic and not like those aircraft that can magically move up and down without pitching or thrust vectoring. It's a ducted fan aircraft by the way, and it should work like the V-22. Without the airplane mode.
1. Should I make it electrically...
it was only built in 1976 and then went to the pacific fleet where it had an accident and was sold to a south Korean business man who turned it into a tourist attraction in Shenzhen, just across the border from Hong Kong in China, it seems OK to me floats and all that, but I cant find out what...