by EAA | Oct 6, 2023 | Attic, Youth & Young Eagles
For the 2005 EAA Youth Art Contest, contestants were asked to design a paint scheme for one of EAA’s two Young Eagles aircraft, a GlaStar 3 (N231YE). Read...
by EAA | Sep 8, 2023 | Attic
This machine gun-like camera was designed to train Japanese aircraft gunners. When the trigger was pulled, the camera would begin taking pictures of a target on 35 mm film housed in a small internal magazine. Read...
by EAA | Aug 11, 2023 | Attic
Jim Bede began development of his Micro homebuilt aircraft concept in the late 1960s, which eventually emerged as the BD-5. While the BD-5’s fighter-like looks and projected low cost made the design attractive, numerous technical and financial challenges dogged the...
by EAA | Jun 14, 2023 | Attic, EAA Aviation Museum, world war ii
Introduced in 1939, the View-Master system used stereoscopic photography printed on cardboard disks to display 3D images in a purpose-built viewer. Read...
by EAA | Jun 2, 2023 | Attic
This piece originally ran in the March 2023 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Paul Poberezny and the Corben Baby Ace brought EAA to national attention through a series of construction articles published in Mechanix Illustrated magazine in the summer of 1955. Built...
by EAA | Jun 2, 2023 | Attic
The B-2 Torpedo Director was an optical, illuminated sight used on U.S. Army Air Forces medium bombers. It could be installed on the A-20 Havoc, the B-25 Mitchell, and the B-26 Marauder. Read...
