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How Missiles Are Changing the Rules
Anyone who's read AeroGo carefully knows I'm a big fan of Kelly Johnson. I'm not the only one, either. The man was perhaps the greatest aircraft designer of all time. I get hits all the time from folks searching for i… -
A Worthy Honor Long Overdue
I wrote about the Tuskegee Airmen back in 2005, less than a month after starting AeroGo. It really bugged me how little recognition they'd received, and the difficulties they were reportedly having raising money for a m… -
That's Why They Call It Space EXPLORATION
... Because you might just find something (right). Of course, even when you do, you may not know what it is you've found. Every once in a while, though, the questions prompted by the find are just too compelling to ign… -
Polecats, Flying Cars and Skunk Workx
Lockheed Martin has just let one of its secret aircraft out of the bag, the tailless unmanned P-175 Polecat, which is reported to resemble the B-2 stealth bomber or the unmanned Dark Star reconnaissance aircraft. Though… -
Astroprof Blogs About F-35
I haven't gotten around to putting many links here on AeroGo yet (it seems pretty tedious; maybe I will try Premium soon and see if that helps), but I wanted to let you know about a similar blog you might find of intere… -
Kelly Johnson, Aircraft Designer Extraordinaire
One of the highlights of my college experience was getting to see Lockheed's Kelly Johnson, designer of such outstanding aircraft as the P-38, F-80/T-33, F-104, U-2 and SR-71. On Monday afternoons Caltech had an aeronau… -
Inexpensive Ways to Start Learning to Fly
Back in February I wrote about flying lessons for the first time, and I thought I'd add some more general information for any of you out there wanting to know more (please take a look at the first entry if you didn't see… -
Controversy Over Blackstar Report
Wow - Wikipedia already has a substantial article on Blackstar. Most importantly, it links to Jeffrey Bell's article yesterday in SpaceDaily that argues against AvWeek's analysis and conclusions. Bell's arguments make … -
Aviation Week Offers Details on Secret "Aurora"/Blackstar Spaceplane Project
This afternoon Aviation Week's William B. Scott posted a lengthy article giving many details of the U.S.' secret two-stage-to-orbit manned spaceplane project, which may have recently been cancelled. Known popularly unde…
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