This Wankel-Powered RQ-7 Shadow UAV Is an RX-7 With Wings, Hangs in a Museum
20 Apr 2023, 19:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / First commissioned in the late 1980s and first flown in 1991, the RQ-7 Shadow was designed to replace the canceled Alliant RQ-6 Outrider as well as the RQ-2
This Man Restored an F-14D Tomcat Nearly by Himself, He Deserves Our Respect
3 Nov 2022, 15:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Say hello to Richard Kalen, a man who spent 41 years of his life working tirelessly on some of Grumman's most important aerospace projects
Republic F-84 Thunderjet: The Unappreciated Ground Pound Titan of the Early Cold War
17 Jul 2022, 01:41 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The F-84 Thunderjet was one of a handful of landmark American fighter jets that benefited from commandeered German jet engine technology
This Grumman E2C Hawkeye's Restoration is Nearly Finished, Reeks of Freshly Applied Paint
16 Jul 2022, 20:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Since the mid-1960s, the E2C Hawkeye's served as the United State's Navy's primary tactical airborne warning and AWACS airplane
Opener Blackfly: the Delightful eVTOL Personal Aircraft Coming To Hangars Near You
16 Jul 2022, 16:47 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Opener Blackfly is one of the first legitimate attempts at bringing a mass-produced eVTOL personal transportation vehicle to the market.
This American Navy Jet Never Got to Tangle With a Soviet MiG
16 Jul 2022, 05:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / From an outsider's perspective, it may appear like an inevitable epic battle of titans between the MiG Fresco and the Grumman Cougar was due.
This Adorable Grumman OV-1 Mohawk Could Shoot Down Jets, Sits Gate Guard Outside Museum
15 Jul 2022, 20:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Designed to replace the even smaller, cuter, but antiquated Cessna O-1 Bird Dog, the OV-1 Mohawk was one of Grumman's rare non-Navy projects
Forget Kitty Hawk, Long Island Was America’s True Cradle of Aviation
14 Jul 2022, 21:21 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / When studied more closely, we find that if Kitty Hawk was aviation's birthplace, Long Island, New York, was its cradle, and shows it
Space Shuttle Food Looks Horrifying in Its Packaging, Supposedly Tastier Than It Looks
13 Jul 2022, 02:36 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / t must be said, some of the food items on display in this exhibit look especially ghastly. Especially in this dehydrated form
Forget a Private Yacht, This Grumman Goose in Pan Am Liveries Does What They Can't
12 Jul 2022, 19:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Happily, this old Goose is owned not by an eccentric multimillionaire aviator. Instead, it's in the collection of the Cradle of Aviation Museum in New York.
Here's What a Space Shuttle Tire Looks Like After a Hard Landing, It's Pretty Brutal
11 Jul 2022, 19:08 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You can very easily see just how much of the rubber compound was stripped away as the Shuttle made its touchdown at the Kennedy Space Center
Kitty Hawk Flyer: The All Electric Personal VTOL Forged By a Former Google Executive
11 Jul 2022, 00:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Kitty Hawk Corporation was founded in Palo Alto, California, in 2010 by former Google executive and all around super genius Sebastian Thrun
This Hilarious Tricycle Has a Propeller Attached to its Backside, Actually Quite Useful
10 Jul 2022, 13:41 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Despite how it looks, there was a real method behind the hilarity that shaped this bizarre creation. One that helped aerospace engineers learn the ropes
Flying on Pan Am Used to Be Amazingly Luxurious, Kick the Hell Out of Modern Airlines
10 Jul 2022, 06:47 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For those of you born after the downfall of Pan Am as America's premier airline, it was like a the perfect blend of flight experience and a worldwide network.
Grumman Molab: The Lunar Pickup Truck & Trailer Prototype You've Never Seen Before
10 Jul 2022, 05:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Today, the only Molab mockup stands guard over the Red Planet Café, the Mars-themed lunch cafeteria inside the Cradle of Aviation Museum.
America's First Coast to Coast Flight Was Funded By a Grape Soda Company, Took Seven Weeks
10 Jul 2022, 01:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Since we had no idea of the existence of the Vin Fiz Flyer before happening upon this faithful replica, not every landmark event from this period is well known
You Could Slap This Revolution Mini-500 Helicopter Together in a Few Days, But Should You?
9 Jul 2022, 19:19 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The idea was simple, to take the familiar silhouette of an established mass-produced American helicopter, scale it down, and then sell the kits to customers.
This Is the Last American F-14 Tomcat To Fly, Awaits a Full Restoration in This Hangar
9 Jul 2022, 07:00 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's only fitting that the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York, would be the benefactor to the having two F-14 Tomcats in their collection.