Interesting Facts
The sound of a whip cracking is actually the tip of the whip breaking the sound barrier, creating a tiny sonic boom!
The Wright Brothers' first planes were flown like kites on ropes.
The Wright Brothers' planes were turned by twisting the wings with a ropes, called "warping" the wings.
During the Second World War pilots in dive bombers would pass out during a dive and the plane would have to automatically pull up so that the plane would not crash.
In 1941-1949 the USA's F4U could go over 400 MPH and, on average, for every 1 F4U shot down, eleven enemies were shot down.
All planes that had guns in front of the pilot during World War II had to be timed perfectly so that bullets would not hit the propeller.
Every minute of every day at least 3,000 people in planes are over England.
The F-14 Tomcat can fire at six targets all at once, each of which can be over 100 miles away.
A single B-2 bomber costs 2 billion dollars!
The B-2 bomber and the F-117 are the only US airplanes that are radar deflective.
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To Fly is Everything... A virtual air museum.
National Air & Space Museum Homepage.