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Boneyard files: Grumman HU-16 Albatross – the abandoned flying boats of the Pacific Rim
As we initiate the Boneyard Files series, which will showcase some of the retired aircraft resting at US Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, in the late 1960s, through the lens of Neil ...
Scott Farnsworth, a successful airline captain and entrepreneur, founded Farnsworth Aerosports to operate highly modified L-39 jets in airshows and compete to become the world's fastest air racer. The ...
A short while ago, we showed you a splendidly restored vintage Consolidated Cataline Flying Boat that, at $1 million, sounds like a pretty sweet bargain compared to a private yacht you could buy for ...
A true aviation icon is about to be reborn Down Under. Australian outfit Amphibian Aerospace Industries (AAI) has decided to bring Grumman’s famous Albatross seaplane back to life for modern-day ...
Click to open image viewer. William Hawley Bowlus offered the BA-100 Baby Albatross as a series of builders kits advertised in popular magazines to pilots interested in affordable flying at a time ...
Albatrosses fly fast for huge distances, barely flapping a wing. Can they teach us to build drones that will stay aloft for months or even years? PHILIP RICHARDSON’S eureka moment came in 1997, on the ...
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