North American Aviation Archive finds a new home at AirCorps Aviation. Original engineering drawings shown to the public for the first time.Continue Reading
A stack fire is one moment every pilot dreads, and responding in that moment with or without a crowd of spectators is a stressful scenario. The resulting damage to the airframe and engine can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and can take months or years to repair. While the most common reason a stack...Continue Reading
Nobody wants to witness or participate in a gear up landing in a Mustang. It can easily be a $1,000,000 repair. And while the most common reason a Mustang ends up on its belly is pilot error, another culprit can be the failure of the landing gear rod end. Fortunately, there are preventative measures and...Continue Reading
Just off highway 30 outside Athens, Tennessee, a well-informed individual can take the turn toward the McMinn County Airport and find themselves at the Swift Museum Foundation, or SMF. The airport is small, but provides services such as hangar leasing, flight instruction, and a cozy passenger lounge. A short stroll to the east across the...Continue Reading
At AirCorps Library and AirCorps Aviation we geek out and obsess about part number methodology. Some WWII producers had no apparent numbering system, while others established organizational systems that unleash a wealth of knowledge simply by understanding their unique systems. North American Aviation scaled up production in under 100Continue Reading
AirCorps Aviation is a multi-faceted organization that continues to branch out into new and exciting endeavors. Frequent and first time visitors to the main AirCorps Aviation website can see some of the larger and flashier projects that we have going on in the shop on any given day. However, there is a newer, and lesser...Continue Reading
