Wayne Mackey won the 2008 Short Takeoff and Landing competition in the experimental category at the “May Day” Fly-In & Air Show in Valdez, Alaska. His plane is a replica of the well known Piper J-3 Cub and he won the experimental category with an incredible takeoff distance of 49 feet, and an equally impressive […]
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P-791, the new “skunk work”
The P-791 is an experimental hybrid airship project developed by Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs aka Skunk Works. A testbed for future large transport craft, the P-791 features a number of design features developed to ensure “the best of both worlds” meaning that the P-791 can carry massive amounts of cargo just like a normal […]