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With so many rc aircraft on the market in both type and number, the beginning rc hobbyist is often overwhelmed by the number of decisions...
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dlg631
- Jan 20, 2021
- 8 min
OUR TENTH
January 24 is a landmark day at Fly By Wire Air. For on this date ten years ago, we began our mission of making aviation accessible to...
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dlg631
- Dec 16, 2020
- 5 min
THE CAT
As is sometimes the case in aviation, an aircraft begins its career playing one role, only to follow it by serving in an entirely...
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dlg631
- Nov 25, 2020
- 7 min
A TALE OF TWO PLANES
At the beginning of the twentieth century, ocean liners were becoming both larger and more capable, with the newest types of each...
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dlg631
- Oct 18, 2020
- 6 min
STILL SERVING
While servos have been in use as far back as the steam age, their impact on rc models has been a recent one. During this blog, we'll...
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dlg631
- Sep 19, 2020
- 7 min
PUSH IT
While the concept of pusher designed planes is older than aviation, it wasn't applied to actual aircraft until 1908, when propellers...
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dlg631
- Aug 19, 2020
- 6 min
RETURN OF THE MAX
In the early 1990's Boeing was faced with a dilemma. While its existing fleet of twin-engine 737 jetliners had a successful service life...
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dlg631
- Jul 17, 2020
- 4 min
WHAT IT TAKES TO FLY THEM
In June 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) first established the requirement for commercial drone pilots to obtain a remote...
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dlg631
- Jun 15, 2020
- 5 min
MASTER OF THE SKIES
In late 1935 United Air Lines began discussions with Douglas Airplane Company to produce a four engine airliner with twice the passenger...
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dlg631
- May 14, 2020
- 5 min
HOW TO STORE THEM
While the current pandemic has stressed all forms of transport, the airline industry has experienced the most drastic effects, placing...
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dlg631
- Apr 16, 2020
- 3 min
WATCH THOSE REGS
While the use of unmanned aircraft dates back to the late 1920's, drones have experienced a meteoric rise in both numbers and uses over...
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dlg631
- Mar 18, 2020
- 5 min
ONE MITCHELL OF A BOMBER
As a result of developing global threats, United States aircraft manufacturers were directed in 1938 to develop a new class of medium...
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dlg631
- Feb 15, 2020
- 4 min
LONG AND WIDE
Many great planes started as modifications of another design. For example, the B-24 Liberator of World War ll was derived from...
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dlg631
- Jan 12, 2020
- 3 min
AG BY DRONE
Drone technology is a phenomenal innovation, which continues to have far-reaching effects across today's society, transforming our lives...
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dlg631
- Dec 15, 2019
- 5 min
ON MISSION
While missionary aviation services have been around since the late 1920's they experienced a dramatic rise since the end of World War II....
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dlg631
- Nov 16, 2019
- 3 min
ON A ROLL
Rolls-Royce interest in aviation dates back to 1907, when Charles Rolls tried unsuccessfully to persuade Royce and other directors of the...
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