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California State University, Long Beach. Occupation (s) Pilot, author, and artist. Michael J. Machat is an American artist, author, and pilot. [1] He specializes in aviation art and was a frequent collaborator of R.E.G. Davies on the book series An Airline and its Aircraft. Several aviation museums have permanent collections of Machat's art.
The General Dynamics X-62 VISTA ("Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft") [2] is an experimental aircraft, derived from the F-16D Fighting Falcon, which was modified as a joint venture between General Dynamics and Calspan for use by the United States Air Force (USAF). Originally designated NF-16D, the aircraft was redesignated X ...
The Living Legends of Aviation is an organization of remarkable people of extraordinary accomplishment in aviation and aerospace including: entrepreneurs, innovators, industry leaders, engineers, astronauts, record breakers, pilots who have become celebrities and celebrities who have become pilots. The Living Legends meet yearly in North ...
Dozens of planes will fly over the National Mall to celebrate general aviation Saturday. “Heads up! Be aware that Saturday, 5/11, around noon, 60 planes representing the history of general ...
Retired. 1944. Primary user. Aeroflot. Number built. 1. The Martin 156, referred to in the press variously as the "Russian Clipper", "Moscow Clipper", or "Soviet Clipper" was a very large flying boat aircraft intended for trans-Pacific service. The single example of the M-156 was designed and built in response to a request from Pan American ...
The Bell X-2 (nicknamed "Starbuster") was an X-plane research aircraft built to investigate flight characteristics in the Mach 2–3 range. The X-2 was a rocket-powered, swept-wing research aircraft developed jointly in 1945 by Bell Aircraft Corporation, the United States Air Force and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to explore aerodynamic problems of supersonic flight ...
The Goodyear Blimp is any one of a fleet of airships (or dirigibles) operated by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, used mainly for advertising purposes and capturing aerial views of live sporting events for television. [3] The term blimp itself is defined as a non-rigid airship —without any internal structure, the pressure of lifting gas ...
Pages in category "Aviation artists" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... Mike Machat; N. Paul Nash (artist) O. Lonnie Ortega; R. R.G ...