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Posts by Month: May, 2009

Flying Without an Airplane - The " Wingsuit "

  Everyone is familiar with skydiving and BASE jumping as extreme aerial sports. Extreme, me...

The First Air Race - 100 years

This past Saturday, May 23, 2009, marked the 100th anniversary of competitive Air Racing. Although o...

Red Bull Air Race World Championships Race 2

RACE 2 :  SAN DIEGO     The second race of the series was held in San Diego ...

Red Bull Air Race World Championships Race 1

RACE ONE:  ABU DHABI    This incredible aerial spectacle, a mixture of air raci...

2009 World Paragliding Championships

  The 2009 World Paragliding Championships were held from Jan. 26 to Feb. 6, in Valle de Bra...

Attention : AvSim Users !

Hackers 'destroy' flight sim siteFlight simulator site Avsim has been "destroyed" by malicious hacke...

Jet Pack Speed Record

        Jet Pack Pilot Eric Scott has made a world record attempt at "Top ...

Li-Po versus NiCad ?

All R/C aircraft have an onboard battery. In the case of Sail Planes, or those with Internal Combust...

"Reflex XTR" R/C Flight Simulator

Flying an airplane, whether it be full scale or a model, is not a natural act. It's not something yo...

The Futaba "FASST" System.

Probably the most important aspect of Radio Controlled Modeling is the link between the radio and th...

The " Nexus " Stunt Kite

I have been flying stunt kites for almost 20 years. I started on a Trlby Triple stack back in the ...