March 19, 2009
A young New Zealand aerial topdressing pilot learns several lessons. (A preamble note: The main reason I finally decided to pen a few words on my early incident, is that I had just finished a book review for “NZ Aviation News”. The book is titled “Let Fly!”, by Barry Cardno. Barry was nearly killed in [...]
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March 6, 2009
WWII’s supreme long-range fighter…How did it achieve this capability? Part one: Technical, aerodynamics and some thermodynamics. A technical investigation into the combination of factors which enabled the Mustang “D” series to achieve its truly amazing range. By Mike Feeney of Hamilton, New Zealand. mikefeeney@actrix.co.nz (A caveat: By their very nature, lengthy essays of this type [...]
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