Introducing Cessna’s Skyhawk TD
After an extensive market survey and rigorous flight testing, Cessna Aircraft Company has made the announcement that, from mid-2008, the Skyhawk 172S airplane will be available fitted with a turbo diesel engine. The new Skyhawk TD (turbo diesel) will feature a Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) equipped Thielert Centurion 2.0 liter engine to drive a composite three-blade constant speed propeller. This DOHC (dual overhead camshaft) four-cylinder inline turbo-charged engine develops 155 horsepower, is liquid cooled and certified to run on Jet-A fuel.
Steve Watson’s World Speed Record
The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) recently honored Steve Watson for his 2006 record-setting flight in an open cockpit biplane. The 2,577 mile airplane flight from Norwood to San Diego was completed in a record time of 40 hours and 31 minutes.
Golden Age Air Museum’s New Monocoupe
The Golden Age Air Museum in Bethel, Pennsylvania, has received a most unusual donation – a 1927 Monocoupe airplane. The Monocoupe airplane is very popular among antique aircraft enthusiasts, with a number of clubs devoted to keeping this little airplane in the sky. What makes this particular airplane unique is that it has spent the past 40 years suspended from the ceiling of a restaurant known as the “Antique Airplane Restaurant”. Progress is inevitable and unstoppable however, and this unique restaurant is being torn down to make way for a new shopping centre. This particular Monocoupe was built in 1927 in Moline, Illinois, and has a colorful history that visitors to the Golden Age Air Museum can find out all about.
Bush Flying
Bush pilots are often romanticized and portrayed in popular media as being rough and tough with a nonchalant attitude to danger and little regard for authority, flying their often un-airworthy airplanes into dangerous places. It is true that bush flying often takes pilots into remote, undeveloped and inhospitable regions of the world, however most pilots that choose this line of work appreciate the dangers and take every precaution necessary to get their cargo or passengers to their destination safely.
Observe the Marvelous Skills of the Blue Angels
The goal of the Blue Angels is to serve as positive role models and goodwill ambassadors for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, while at the same time promoting the recruiting efforts of these essential services. The Blue Angels showcase their skill and the capability of their airplanes in 66 air shows during a season with an average of 15 million spectators watching them perform. Since their inception in 1946 the Blue Angels have performed for over 427 million awe-struck fans.
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