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The Red Wing (or Aerodrome #1) was an early aircraft designed by Thomas Selfridge and built by the Aerial Experiment Association in 1908. It was named for the bright red color of its silk wings — chosen to achieve the best result with the photographic materials and techniques of the day.
The new company immediately sold four RB-1 aircraft, which paid for the WAA contract. [207] 10 January The first prototype Douglas XSB2D-1, BuNo 03551, had an engine fire 1,000 feet over Sunnyvale, California. The aircraft crashed in an orchard and sustained extensive damage, but the crew of two were uninjured. [208] 18 January
The AEA collaboration led to very public success. Casey Baldwin became the first Canadian and first British subject pilot on 12 March 1908 flight of Red Wing. [2] [10] [N 2] Its successor, White Wing, also of 1908, was the first airplane to have Bell's ailerons. [12]
Nicknamed the "Blacksnakes," the 122d Fighter Wing today is operationally gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC). The 122 FW operates from Fort Wayne Air National Guard Base, which is located on the east side of the airport in a secure area away from the publicly accessible facilities. [8]
Naval Air Warfare Center, Indianapolis (NAWC) is a former United States Navy facility in Warren Township, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.The plant opened in 1942, covering 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m 2) and employing some 3,000 in avionics research and development.
The crash was the third disaster involving an Electra aircraft in a little more than a year and the tenth major aircraft disaster of 1960, with nearly 400 people killed in less than three months. [ citation needed ] It came within days of the Washington, D.C. hearings on the death of 34 people in a National Airlines plane crash near Bolivia ...
This is a list of airports in Indiana (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA, or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
B-17G-105-VE, 44-85734, registered N390TH, previously N5111N, named Liberty Belle and operated by the Liberty Foundation of Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a flying history exhibit, suffered an in-flight fire in port wing behind #2 engine while on a positioning flight from Aurora, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana.