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Airport

"The devil himself had probably redesigned Hell in the light of information he had gained from observing airport layouts"

Saturday, July 3, 2010

How helicopters fly and are controlled

Helicopters truly are amazing aircraft, and how helicopters fly is what makes them such versatile machines, being perfectly suited to roles ranging from military use to fire fighting and search and rescue.Helicopters have been around for centuries - well, the principle anyway - but it was Russian aircraft pioneer Igor Sikorsky who designed, built and in 1939 flew the first fully controllable single rotor / tail rotor helicopter - the fundamental...

Friday, July 2, 2010

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF FLYING MACHINES

How airplanes fly- the basic principles of flightThe basic principles of why and how airplanes fly apply to all airplanes, from the Wright Brothers' first machine to a modern Stealth Bomber, and it's actually not difficult to understand how airplanes get, and stay, airborne.Aerodynamic forcesEssentially there are 4 aerodynamic forces that act on an airplane in flight; these are lift, drag, thrust and gravity (or weight).In simple terms, drag is the...