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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...

Shuttle Launch: It’s On Again!

You can view live coverage of the mission from NASA’s Live TV stream, which you can watch here at Junior Flyer: Ivan’s SkyRocket Cafe – NASA Live TV Or, visit NASA’s Shuttle website for full and detailed mission information. Note: There are several planned “holds” in the countdown, where the countdown is paused. For...

On May 12, 2011 a team from the University of Maryland successfully completed the first test flight of their human powered helicopter, which they have named Gamera after a giant flying turtle. This flight is in preparation for an attempt to win the $250,000 Sikorsky Prize, a prize that has not been won in...

Pioneering aviator Yves Rossy, otherwise known as “Jet Man,” has continued refining his innovative flying wing. He started in 2004 with a basic wing powered by two small jet engines, which he straps to his back. With this wing he was able to maintain level flight, and had enough power to climb but not...

NASA cancelled the planned launch of Shuttle Endeavour, stopping the countdown at T minus three hours. A delay of at least three days is expected to allow trouble shooting of the vehicle’s troublesome Auxiliary Power Unit (APU). The technical details are explained by NASA as follows: During today’s countdown, engineers detected a failure in...

Shuttle Mission STS-134: Ready for Launch

You can view live coverage of the mission from NASA’s Live TV stream, which you can watch here at Junior Flyer: Ivan’s SkyRocket Cafe – NASA Live TV Or, visit NASA’s website for full and detailed mission information. Note: There are several planned “holds” in the countdown, where the countdown is paused. For example,...