Aviation Features
Aviation Features are "special edition", unique and hard to find aviation feature stories, articles and interviews. Selected content examples such as the B-1B Lancer, Kansas Air National Guard 184th Bomb Wing History, Wichita Aviation History Photo Archives, AOPA Pilot Photo Tips, FBO Light Jet Review, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Women In Aviation and much more!
Recent Special Aviation FeaturesWichita, The Air Capital! (A Revisit) It is timely to revisit and reaffirm Wichita's Unique position among the aviation industry, where nowhere else you will find the concentration of top-name general aviation aircraft manufacturers co-located within such a concentrated geographic boundary. KC-46A TANKER The KC-46A is intended to replace the U.S. Air Force's aging fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers which has been the primary refueling aircraft for more than 50 years. MY VETERAN'S DAY TRIBUTE The many times I was called to travel in Europe in the service of the United States Air Force, I visited numerous monuments encircled by the graves of American war dead. SR-71 Fun Facts By Buz Carpenter, Smithsonian Udvar Center Docent & former SR-71 Instructor Pilot. Boeing Defense, Space & Security Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) formerly known as Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) is a unit of The Boeing Company responsible for defense and aerospace products and services. History of Veterans Day In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day Air show An air show is an event at which aviators display their flying skills and the capabilities of their aircraft to spectators in aerobatics. Space Shuttle Basics The Space Shuttle is the world's first reusable spacecraft, and the first spacecraft in history that can carry large satellites both to and from orbit.
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