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Fifty-four years ago this week, USAF Major David G. Simons, MD successfully completed the Manhigh II high-altitude balloon mission. Simons’ epic flight lasted 32 hours and established an altitude record of 101,516 feet. Project Manhigh was a United States Air Force biomedical research program that investigated the human factors of… Read More
Manufacturing Training and White Eagle Aerospace announced today that they are offering Root Cause Failure Analysis training on September 22 and 23 in Ontario, California. Press Release – Aug 10,2011 – Manufacturing Training and White Eagle Aerospace announced today that they are presenting a 2-day seminar on Root Cause Failure Analysis on September… Read More
Fifty-one years ago this month, an United States Air Force C-119 Flying Boxcar aircraft successfully performed the first mid-air retrieval of a reentry body as it was returning from space. The recovered vehicle was named Discoverer XIV. Corona was a covert reconnaissance program operated by the United States government from… Read More
Fifty-seven years ago this week, the USN/Convair YF2Y-1 Sea Dart became the first and only seaplane ever to exceed the speed of sound. Convair test pilot Charles E. Richbourg was at the controls of the experimental sea-based fighter. In 1948, the United States was looking to develop a sea-based supersonic… Read More
Sixty-one years ago this month, the United States Army’s Bumper-WAC No. 7 two-stage rocket reached a maximum speed of 8,213 ft/sec (Mach 9). This concluding flight of the Bumper Program was flown from the Long-Range Proving Ground (LRPG) in Florida. The Bumper Program was a United States Army effort to… Read More
On 11-15 July 2011, White Eagle Aerospace returned to the National Air & Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) outside of Dayton, OH to hold its Fundamentals of Earth Reentry professional short course. NASIC, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is the principal provider of foreign aerospace intelligence to the US Department of Defense.… Read More
Fifty-years ago this week, Mercury Seven Astronaut Vigil I. “Gus” Grissom, Jr. became the second American to go into space. Grissom’s suborbital mission was flown aboard a Mercury space capsule that he named Liberty Bell 7. The United States first manned space mission was flown on Friday, 05 May 1961. … Read More
Fifty-six years ago this month, the USAF/Republic XF-84H experimental turboprop fighter took to the air for the first time. The test hop originated from and recovered at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The turbojet-powered XF-84H was a variant of Republic Aviation’s F-84 Thunderstreak. An Allison XT40-A-1 turboprop engine, rated at… Read More
Twenty-nine years ago today, the Space Shuttle Columbia landed at Edwards Air Force Base to successfully conclude the fourth orbital mission of the Space Transportation System. Columbia’s return to earth added a special touch to the celebration of America’s 207th birthday. STS-4 was NASA’s fourth Space Shuttle mission in the… Read More
Fifty-three years ago this week, the United States Army Nike Hercules air defense missile system was first deployed in the continental United States. The second-generation surface-to-air missile was designed to intercept and destroy hostile ballistic missiles. The Nike Program was a United States Army project to develop a missile capable… Read More
