Since the arrival of jet engines, hangars all over the country have been full of odd model aircraft, designed to take advantage of the jet’s enormous thrust. Most of them are freaks that will never ...
Ever heard of Alexander Lippisch? He was an inventor and aeronautical engineer and might be one of the most significant people to have ever lived in Cedar Rapids. Lippisch earned 50 patents and ...
On Dec. 17, 1903, the Wright brothers successfully flew the first powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. That was a world-changing innovation that's been built upon ever since, and in the 120 ...
The Japanese word “kamikaze” means “divine wind.” In a military history context, the term was first applied to a force of Mother Nature that saved Japan by destroying Kublai Khan’s would-be invading ...
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