Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Smith Miniplane Smith Miniplane. The Smith DSA-1 Miniplane ("Darn Small Aeroplane", [1] [3] "Darned Small Airplane", [2] [4] or "Damn Small Airplane" [5]) is a single-seat, single-engine sport aircraft designed in the United States in the 1950s and marketed for home building.
Bede Aircraft Company has since re-formed and has been working on several new designs. Before his death in 2015, Bede hinted at a two-seat tandem version of the aircraft, called the "Super BD-5", using a certified aircraft engine and a number of modifications and improvements, but nothing more than a preliminary design drawing was made available.
Mississippi Valley Airlines's Short 330 at Saint Paul International Airport in 1985. The basic Short 330 was a passenger aircraft intended as a short-range regional and commuter airliner, and had been designed to take advantage of US regulations which allowed commuter airlines to use aircraft carrying up to 30 passengers, [8] thereby replacing smaller types such as the Beechcraft Model 99 and ...
In its standard configuration, the aircraft is a true double-delta with no horizontal stabilizer; however, a small T-tail is an option for trimming variants with higher-power engines. Since the mid-1960s, designer John Dyke has sold full construction plans and three-view drawings for the aircraft to homebuilders and is still selling them today.
Data from EAA Museum, Federal Aviation Administration, Plane & Pilot General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Length: 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) Wingspan: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m) Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Wing area: 142.6 sq ft (13.25 m 2) Airfoil: NACA 43013 Powerplant: 1 × Continental C75-12 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 75 hp (56 kW) Propellers: 2-bladed ...
The Short SC.7 Skyvan (nicknamed the "Flying Shoebox") [1] is a British 19-seat twin-turboprop aircraft first flown in 1963, that was manufactured by Short Brothers of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Featuring a basic rugged design and STOL capabilities, it was used in small numbers by airlines, and also by some smaller air forces.
Video captured the hair-raising moment a small Cape Air plane suffering from a landing gear problem safely returned to the ground with just one wheel.
The airplane left the rail, but Wilbur pulled up too sharply, stalled, and came down after covering 105 ft (32 m) in 3 1 ⁄ 2 seconds, sustaining little damage. [ 6 ] [ 13 ] Repairs after the abortive first flight took three days.