“During the deep dive into all things Apollo 13 amid preproduction for the film, Jim Lovell took me night-flying in his twin-engine Beechcraft Baron from a grass-strip airfield outside of Austin, Texas. No one was at the airport, so after a pilot check walkaround of the airplane, we took off.” — Tom Hanks

#JimLovell #awst
https://aviationweek.com/space/space-exploration/tom-hanks-recalls-night-flying-apollo-astronaut-jim-lovell

AWST Check 6 Podcast: “On the 60th anniversary of an LBJ press conference, Aviation Week editors revisit the moment Lockheed’s YF-12 was revealed for the very first time, and discuss what similarities that unveiling might have with recent developments of today...”

A-11? , YF-12?, SR-71?, RS-71? — just call it Blackbird.

The Pratt and Whitney J58 engine, titanium tales, and the behind the scenes scramble of AWST’s 1964 reporting.

#aircraft #engineering #podcast #AWST

https://aviationweek.com/podcasts/check-6/check-6-revisits-birth-blackbird-yf-12-reveal-what-may-be-next

AWST Check 6 Podcast: “Boeing's Mike Lombardi joins editors for a deep dive into the B-47, the revolutionary bomber that shaped modern airliner design as we know it.”

The swept wing, hanging jet engines off the wings, and aircraft engineering culture.

#aircraft #engineering #podcast #AWST

https://aviationweek.com/podcasts/check-6/check-6-revisits-sweeping-influence-b-47-airliner-design

“The Radia WindRunner is a massive cargo aircraft under development specifically designed to transport the largest and most efficient wind turbine blades and components directly to wind farm sites.

It will be the world’s largest aircraft when completed, even larger than the Antonov An-225 and projected to be 106 feet longer than a Boeing 747.”

#FarnboroughAirshow #awst
https://aviationweek.com/shownews/farnborough-airshow/video-closer-look-worlds-largest-aircraft