One instrument unfamiliar in modern aircraft is the BMEP (Brake Mean Effective Power ... and never before framed by the lustrous cowlings and flashing airscrews of a Super Constellation’s Wright ...

While they’re often variants of commercial planes, presidential planes have almost always been U.S. military aircraft, flown and maintained by the Air Force. I’m an aviation historian who once worked ...

While they’re often variants of commercial planes, presidential planes have almost always been U.S. military aircraft, flown and maintained by the Air Force. I’m an aviation historian who once worked ...

With PMA confirmed, the global Gogo dealer network is pushing ahead with Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) generation for super-midsize and larger aircraft types, as Gogo marks the next step ...

With PMA confirmed, the global Gogo dealer network is pushing ahead with Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) generation for super-midsize and larger aircraft types ... satellite constellation, ...

This aircraft is ideal for the Blue Angels ... like the Douglas R4D Sky Train and the Lockheed C-121 Super Constellation. However, it wasn't until 1970 that the Lockheed Martin C-130 would ...

Engineers equipped both versions with an optional removable cargo pod, dubbed a Speedpak, which attached to the aircraft’s underside. In 1953, Lockheed debuted the L-1049 Super Constellation, enabling ...

He reflects on the early days of flying, including the Wright brothers and World War I aviation, and compares it to modern air travel with advanced aircraft like the Super Constellation.

When SAC rebranded as the Airline History Museum in April 2000, the Super Constellation remained its centerpiece, undergoing a full interior restoration in 2002-03. However, the aircraft faced ...