The crash of UPS Airlines Flight 2976 at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) yesterday afternoon was 76 miles from here. Feels closer.
A house in the middle of nowhere, Texas, contains a Boeing 727 fuselage.
French words in English for airplane parts: fuselage, nacelle, aileron, empennage. This is largely because the Wright Brothers held tight to their patents while French pioneers like Louis Blériot, Gabriel Voisin, and Henri Farman kicked ass in the air and the marketplace.
My favorite writer covering aviation is James Fallows, who blogs here.. One example of his work.
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