Bob Balaram wanted to fly on Mars. Now, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab at Cal Tech explains how he will be the chief engineer behind the Mars helicopter en route to the Red Planet. (jpl.nasa.gov photo) ...
The last US-built commercial airplane with a flight engineer was a 747-200, although a unique aircraft with a flight engineer was built in 2019.
Pioneering helicopter engineer Frank Robinson – who greatly expanded access to rotorcraft by designing a series of light helicopters starting with the two-seat Robinson R22 – recently died in his home ...
“This is incredibly rare for there to actually be a collision,” Dr. Ella Atkins, an aerospace engineer at Virginia Tech stated. A rare but deadly accident in the skies led to the loss of at least 67 ...