Encyclopedia - Billy Bishop: Encyclopedia - Billy Bishop
William Avery "Billy" Bishop VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED (February 8, 1894 – September 11, 1956) was a Canadian World War I flyi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft
Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to what are more commonly known as airplanes in North American English and aeroplanes in Comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1916 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1916 In Aviation - Events
January January 12 - German aces Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke, with 8 kills, are the first pilots awarded with Pour le Mérite ("the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1917 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1917 In Aviation - Events
February No. 100 Squadron RFC, the first British night fighter squadron is formed. April Known as Bloody April, while supporting the A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Fixed-wing Aircraft - Types Of Fixed-wing Aircraft
Fixed-wing aircraft - Propeller aircraft. Propeller airplanes make use of combustion engines, that in turn, turn a propeller, which cre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1916 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1916 In Aviation - First Flights
February February 9 - Sopwith Pup flown by Harry Hawker April SPAD S.VII May May 28 - Sopwith Triplane flown by Harry Hawker June ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1917 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1917 In Aviation - First Flights
January Sopwith Camel flown by Harry Hawker February Junkers J.4 April April 4 - SPAD S.XIII September September 14 - Fairey III ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Fixed-wing Aircraft - History
The dream of flight goes back, for Man, to the days of pre-history. Many legends, beliefs and myths of antiquity involve flight, such as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Fixed-wing Aircraft - Safety
Statistics show that the risk of an air accident is very small. One is more likely to have an accident going to the airport in a car than...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Fixed-wing Aircraft - Conventional Airplanes
Conventional airplanes -- from small planes such as the Bumble Bee II and Cessna 140 to a gigantic Antonov 225 -- consist of a longitudin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Fixed-wing Aircraft - Designing And Constructing An Airplane
Small airplanes can be designed and constructed at home, by aviators who possess sufficient knowledge in the areas of engineering, physic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Fixed-wing Aircraft - Industrialized Production
There are relatively few companies that produce airplanes on a large scale. However, the production of an airplane for one company is a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Fixed-wing Aircraft - Flight Lift
An airplane flies due to the aerodynamic reactions that happen when air passes at high speed over the wing. If you look at a cross-sectio...   » Read the article