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Air Tractor and the Importance of Agricutural Aircraft Operations
I would bet that few of us give thought that cost of the food on our tables and the cotton clothes we wear would be more expensive if not for agricultural aircraft operations. I say that because cost...
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Jacob Brodbeck Beat The Wright Brothers?
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbr63Did Jacob Brodbeck beat the Wright Brothers by inventing a powered aircraft and successfully making two test flights with him as the pilot?...
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Globe Aircraft Corporation
Saginaw and Blue Mound Texas, north of Fort Worth, claim part of Texas Aviation History based on the Globe Aircraft Corporation plant that produced twin engine trainers during WWII. The Beech AT-10...
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John Valentine Pliska
John Valentine PliskaAnother early Texas Aviator was John Valentine Pliska, an immigrant from Austria -Hungary. In the Austro-Hungarian army he had been assigned to units working with balloons which...
View ArticleFlight Simulation for the P.C.
I have decided flight simulation has a place here at Texas Aviation Online. The capabilities of home computers are giving real world pilots the oppurtunity to stay proficient by practicing navigation,...
View ArticleHow Do We Keep Aviation Manufacturing In Texas?
In the past few years thousands of aviation manufacturing jobs have left Kansas, Wichita in particular, with little chance of returning. What do you suppose will keep the same thing from happening to...
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Flight Training, Then and Now
Recreational Flying Wright Military Flyer of 1909 (USAF MUSEUM) The first aviators had to teach themselves to fly of course. If they were lucky they only suffered broken bones and wrecked, easily...
View ArticleHot Air Balloon Rides In Texas
Hot air balloon rides are a small but significant part of the way in which aviation contributes to the Texas economy.A look on the internet reveals several Hot Air Balloon Ride businesses especially...
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HELICOPTER WARS IN NORTH TEXAS
Helicopter Wars in TexasNorth Texas is home to two of the largest and best known helicopter manufacturers in the world. Bell Helicopter, based in Hurst Texas and American Eurocopter based in Grand...
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TEXAS AND THE SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE
Texas and the Supermarine SpitfireWhat do Texas and the famous World War II, British Spitfire have in common? Would you believe that a Texas based manufacturer, of a 90 percent scale replica, was...
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