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The Wisconsin Air National Guard includes the 115th Fighter Wing, based out of Dane County Regional Airport. The Wisconsin State Patrol operates 4 Cessna 172 aircraft. [10] The Law Enforcement Aviation Coalition, Inc. is a multi-state law enforcement equipment sharing service that has a Bell OH-58 Kiowa operating at a base in Kenosha
The highest altitude obtained by a paper plane was previously held by the Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS) project, which was released at an altitude of 27.307 kilometres (89,590 ft), from a helium balloon that was launched approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Madrid, Spain on October 28, 2010, and recorded by The Register's ...
Lawson C.2 or T-2. The Lawson Airplane Company was founded by former Major League Baseball player Alfred Lawson.In 1919 and 1920, the company designed and built the first two US transports, the Lawson C.1 or T-1 and the Lawson C.2 or T-2 in an effort to establish a commercial airline after the war. [3]
On December 10, 1993, a Wisconsin Air National Guard KC-135 blew up on the ground. Six maintenance personnel died. [75] In early August 1997, an SR-71 declared an in-air emergency prior to a fly-by at the Oshkosh Airshow and diverted to General Mitchell International Airport. No one was hurt in the incident.
Wag-Aero was started by Dick and Bobbie Wagner in the 1960s and run from the basement of their home in Lyons, Wisconsin. In 1971 the company moved into permanent quarters and an aerodrome was constructed to accommodate fly-in customers, now known as Wag-Aero Airport (WI92).
What are F-35 fighter jets? The F-35 Lightning II is a single-seat, single-engine fighter jet created by Lockheed Martin. Each jet costs about $100 million, according to Madison's Channel 3000. It ...
Cruise altitude is usually where the higher ground speed is balanced against the decrease in engine thrust and efficiency at higher altitudes. Common narrowbodies like the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737NG cruise at Mach 0.78 (450 kn; 830 km/h), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] while modern widebodies like the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 cruise at Mach 0.85 (490 kn; 900 ...
Planes can withstand the weather. Next time you’re flying through turbulence, look out the window at the wing. You’ll notice it flexing. It’s supposed to do that.