By the weekend AirVenture turns to party mode. Tonight balloons were glowing and the live music flowing at Boeing Plaza. Ralph Wises’s one-off GT400 watches in the darkness.
In Case You Missed It
Wind Tunnel
When is an airplane in trim? At least to the pilot, the airplane is trimmed when no stick force is required to maintain equilibrium. So how do we achieve this? Barnaby Wainfan explains any number of ways to go about it, including the use of trimtabs, spring systems, sparrow strainers and variable incidence tails.
Going Overboard
Have you ever lost anything out of an airplane? Gravity being omnipresent—and apparently increasing...
What’s New
MGL Avionics announces its new XTreme EMS engine monitoring system, the RANS S-19 Venterra has joined the FAA’s official 51% eligibility list, and Wicks Aircraft Supply adds a new Dual XGPS150 universal Bluetooth Receiver to its product lineup.
