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Houston Wing was founded in June 1978 as the West Houston Squadron (then under the West Texas Wing) of the Commemorative Air Force [1] It is a United States historical air display organization and public history education focused on vintage aircraft of military aviation mainly of World War II time period. It also has a sizable museum with a ...
The project was started by the Texas Airplane Factory and administered by Classic Fighter Industries. It is based at Paine Field in Everett, Washington , United States , near Seattle . The project team of designers, engineers, and technicians completed the flight test program in 2012 [ 1 ] and delivery of the first of five jets.
The Texas Air Museum Stinson Chapter was founded by John Douglas Tosh, a World War II veteran, [2] on October 9, 1999. This is San Antonio Texas only aviation museum open to the general public. The museum's mission has been dedicated to tell the stories of San Antonio's and Texas' vital role in the development of civilian and military air power.
Data from Purdy, Cliche & InterPlane General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Length: 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) Wingspan: 34 ft 5 in (10.49 m) Wing area: 163.6 sq ft (15.20 m 2) Empty weight: 490 lb (222 kg) Gross weight: 1,000 lb (454 kg) Fuel capacity: 10 US gallons (38 litres) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 582 twin cylinder two-stroke aircraft engine, 64 hp (48 kW) Performance Maximum ...
It is made from 7075-T6 aluminum tubing, with the control bar and kingpost made from 6061-T6 aluminum. The single-surface wing is covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 39.0 ft (11.9 m) span wing is cable braced from a single kingpost. The nose angle is 115°, wing area is 330 sq ft (30.7 m 2) and the aspect ratio is 5:1. Pilot hook-in weight range ...
The Aero Designs Pulsar is an American two-seat, low wing, ultralight and homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Mark Brown and first produced by Aero Designs of San Antonio, Texas, introduced in 1985. When it was available the Pulsar was supplied as a ready-to-fly aircraft and as a kitplane for amateur construction. [1] [2]
N 1] The Hall Aluminum Aircraft Company submitted the only seaplane design; [3] a single prototype was ordered by the Navy for evaluation on June 30, 1934. Given the designation XPTBH-1, [5] it became the only aircraft to receive three mission-type letters under the U.S. Navy's designation system used between 1922 and 1962. [6] [7] [8]
By 1966, Houston-based Trans-Texas Airways (TTa) had introduced Douglas DC-9-10s with nonstop flights to Dallas Love Field, Corpus Christi and Baton Rouge and direct to New Orleans. [28] In 1966, Braniff was operating flights via interchange agreements with both Pan American World Airways ( Pan Am ) and United Airlines from Hobby.