Dragons of Thin Air – Fear of Flying book
After a long time in the making our Fear of Flying self-help book has finally been released! It’s called Dragons of Thin Air – A Most Unusual Fear of Flying Course, a long but accurate title. Some of the material in this book is based on stuff that started it’s life right here on Junior Flyer! Some of the clear, illustrated explanations we put up about how planes work, etc. are exactly what people need to learn. The...
The Science of Supersonic Freefall
As a follow-up to our article on Joe Kittinger: Supersonic Parachutist, holder of the parachuting altitude record for over 50 years, we present this video explaining some of the problems encountered by people attempting to break this record. Felix Baumgartner, who plans on making the attempt, is being assisted by Joe Kittinger (who also appears in this...
Joe Kittinger: Supersonic Parachutist!
Ever heard of Joe Kittinger? Neither had I, until I received an email describing his awesome high altitude parachute jump back in the 1960s. Rather than retell this story, here is the email (author unknown). You can read more about Joe on Wikipedia. Joe Kittinger is not a household aviation name like Neil Armstrong or Chuck Yeager. But what he did for the US space program is comparable. On Aug. 16, 1960, as research for the...
Design Your Own Aircraft
Aviation company GE Aviation has added a simple and yet fun “Design Your Own Plane” game to their website. In this game you can experiment with different wing, engine and fuselage options to try to build an optimum airplane. Then, when you think you’ve come up with the perfect plane, click a button and watch it fly. Or not. (My first one did...
Can You Run an Airport?
At the recent Oshkosh airshow an innovative aviation company launched a great way to promote discussion about their products… through a game. “Terminal Command” allows you, as an aspiring airport manager, to demonstrate your skill handling the day-to-day operations at a busy airport. You’ll start with a small regional airport and, if your skill level is high enough, graduate to running the busy domestic and...
Aviation Ancestry – Old Adverts
We stumbled across a fabulous coolection of early aviation print ads and thought you might like to take a look. (oops, that was supposed to be “collection” — but it really is cool!) The Aviation Ancestry website features print advertisements covering British aviation from 1900 through to 1970 — from engine manufacturers through to airlines, flying schools and more. There are hundreds of old adverts for...
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