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Swarthmore College as a physics major, but she dropped out after three semesters to train
Swarthmore College as a physics major, but she dropped out after three semesters to train
the AT-19/V-77 for the British Royal Navy which used them mostly as instrument trainers
This past September, the National Championship Air Races took a final lap in the Reno, Nevada venue.
They are high-performance machines that were made either to go to war or to train
A new book reveals how badly the Soviets wanted to win the early space race.
Geoghegan (The History Press, 2022) How the U.S. airship almost replaced planes, trains
Astronauts headed to Mars and beyond won’t be able to depend on Earth for a quick response in the event of a medical emergency.
his desire for onsite medical care: “Hell, if they can take a naval aviator and train
2004 41st Rescue Squadron and 38th Rescue Squadron, Jolly 11 and Jolly 12 2005 Train
Learn about air racing.
one of the last events of its kind, the races include biplanes, Texan military trainers
Pamela Melroy, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, is now NASA’s deputy administrator. During her career as an Air Force pilot, Melroy logged more than 6,000 flight hours, serving in both Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. After NASA selected her as an astronaut candidate in 1994, she would be assigned to three space shuttle missions, and she is one of only two women to ever command a space shuttle. Melroy recently spoke about her long career in aerospace with Jennifer Levasseur, a curator in the National Air and Space Museum’s department of space history.
It’s more effective anyway if you can train as a group—particularly with simulator
Voisins were used as trainers and for night missions for the remainder of the war
long as a half-hour and each chick can require an average of more than 11 hours to train