Xoooommmm tried to stick it to Adams in ANN for bringing their new A700 aircraft to Osh without the envelope fully opened. I guess all the manufacturers that bring new aircraft to the Paris Air Show should also be slammed for not having fully opened their envelopes before displaying the bird(s) or...

Jay Kind of OT but interesting. Would this meet ur requirements? It'd sure 'fly low' on 20 HP. If they can make a vehicle like this why can't they make an equivalent bird (speed and HP)? http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/29/high-mileage-lorem

Extracted from Houston Chronicle, 19 Oct 2007. The small home-built plane that uses a Chevrolet car engine was featured last month on the cover of Contact, a magazine that spotlights experimental aircraft. On Thursday night, Bud Warren, of Conroe,TX, was flying his creation to the West Houston...

Interesting development in guns. Big John `````````````````````````````````````````````` New super-gun to be tested in Feb By PAMELA HESS UPI Pentagon Correspondent

To all: Following ad in todays paper (Houston Chronicle) FYI. Quote Lycoming 0-320 H2AD complete engine mid time no logs, yellow tagged, McCauley DTM 7557 prop.

Following from Houston Chronicle Thursday morning. SMALL AIRCRAFT CRASHES Pilot killed as homebuilt plane goes down in field. One man was killed Wednesday after his homebuilt aircraft crashed in a Brazoria county hayfield. The one-man private airplane crashed about 7 pm, nearly one mile south

Scientist Sees Space Elevator in 15 Years By CARL HARTMAN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) wants to return to the moon and put a man on Mars. But scientist Bradley C. Edwards has an idea that's really out of this world: an elevator that climbs 62,000 miles...

NTSB report. 15 April at Borger, TX, a RV-8A with a Chev V6 engine lost power after take off and crashed 100 feet short of R/W after flying pattern and trying to land. This was airplanes first flight. Pilot not injured. Big John

AW&ST had an article in the 1 March issue on ZPE (Zero Point Energy) and the "Casimir effect" that should be read by all. If you don't have access to AW&ST, then go to Google and search for "ZPE". The articles I read there were not as good as the AW&ST article but will give you an idea of what may...

Per AW&ST G.E. and Honda are putting together a compnay to manufacture and sell the HF118 turbofan designed by Honda and will jointly certify. Prototype is 1,670 lb thrust, but can be scaled from 1,350 to 2,500 lb thrust. Cost will be well 'under' $500,000 a copy.

11/24/03 AW&ST Lord Corp and Hamilton Sundstrand are teaming to offer the In-Flight Propeller Balancing system that automatically adjusts propeller balance while the aircraft is flying. The installation features one balancing device for each propeller and one electronic controller, which accepts...

NTBS posted today fatal BD5B crash in Traverse City, MI on 1 November. Looked close as thought it might have been Juan trying to fly his bird but was a 'B' not a 'J'. No info on engine, first flight or ????? Big John

In today's Houston Chronicle there is an article about a company (NCI Building Systems) that is selling metal buildings that you can assemble yourself. They say that the labor saving will be between 3,500-4000 dollars. Check them out via Google. They have stock buildings or you can set down with a...

Some time ago there were posts on r.a.h. about seat cushions. Received a brochure today from "Gadget Alert", 1-800-429-0039, www.gadgetalert.com. In it they have a seat a interesting cushion. TN335 Thermo-Sensitive Memory Foam Office Chair Cushion ($49.95) Is both seat and back. Seat is 15" x...

Anybody out there have any sources for the Kitplanes Shop Sheets they published a few years ago? Thanks...

Hello fellow aviators! Looking for somebody who built and flying pouchel design. Any info in english? Help needed Desparately! BM

I've been kicking this idea around with some mechanical engineers for a couple of years. Motorcycle in-line fours are state of the art high performance engines unencumbered by smog controls. They get more than 100HP per liter with some at 140 HP/liter. Of course, they rev like a...

Take a look at this: http://www.fairdiesel.co.uk/

'been scratchin' some paper. It looks like a 2.6L flat opposed 8-cylinder could be made will not too much difficulty from two Suzuki Hyabusa motorcycle cylinder blocks. The electronic fuel injected 'busa puts out about 130HP so two theoretically could make 260HP. With 8 cylinders, the power...

What is available to replace Lien Bakelite? Or is it still available? Thanks