EARLY FLIGHT AND THE FEAR THEREOF
BACK WHEN I WAS ACCUMULATING aviation books (I can’t call this hodgepodge a “collection”), I tended to limit my acquisitions to pre-1914 civilian. Imagine my excitement upon adding Pioneer Aircraft … Continue reading
AMONG THE FIRST FLYING BOATS: DENHAUT’S OFFSPRING
THE FIRST HYDRO-AEROPLANE COMPETITION took place in Monaco in March 1912; the first Coupe d’Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider, the Schneider Cup, came a year later. However, these races favored conventional … Continue reading
EARLY AIR MAIL SNAFUS PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE CAUGHT UP WITH the latest valuation of a rare “Inverted Jenny” air mail stamp. We also began the tale of Lieutenant George Boyle helping to inaugurate air mail … Continue reading
EARLY AIR MAIL SNAFUS PART 1
IT’S INTERESTING ENOUGH that a philatelic screwup complicated early U.S. air mail, so too did prenup nepotism. Here in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow are tidbits especially focusing … Continue reading
HÉLÈNE DUTRIEU—AVIATRIX AND MORE
I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT HÉLÈNE DUTRIEU from my Minute Epics of Flight, a book that begins with ancient Babylon and Etana’s flight on the back of an eagle and brings … Continue reading
AIRCRAFT CUTAWAYS—A VARIETY OF STYLES
THE PURPOSE OF A CUTAWAY, of course, is to reveal inner aspects of something by selectively omitting outer elements. The intent, though, depends on the audience: Is it a technical … Continue reading
A FATHER’S DAY GMAX INSPIRATION PART 2
THE FLYING CARPET OF Daughter Suz’s Father’s Day card inspired me to model the Cessna XMC (eXperimental Magic Carpet). Yesterday we looked at the real (single) XMC and (five of … Continue reading
A FATHER’S DAY GMAX INSPIRATION PART 1
I WAS RESEARCHING a next GMax project for Microsoft Flight Simulator to follow my Alexander Eaglerock. Reading “Meet the Often-Forgotten Cessna XMC,” by Jason McDowell in Flying, June 7, 2022, … Continue reading
JANE’S ART PART 2
YESTERDAY, TIDBITS FOCUSED ON SEVERAL ADS from Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft 1919. Today in Part 2, we enjoy the high level of technical illustration in this particular Jane’s. Attributions. … Continue reading
JANE’S ART PART 1
A FELLOW NAMED JANE WAS a fin-de-siecle gamer with a special interest in naval battles. Wikipedia recounts, “He first began to sketch warships in his teens, and was notable in … Continue reading
