Sitting comfortably in 2014, it's easy to think there was a clear delineation between propeller-powered aircraft and jet-powered flight, largely because of the seemingly light-switch like change ...
The finished Phantom served as proof of concept that a jet could indeed operate from an aircraft carrier. Yet the Phantom ...
However, as shown in a recent Simple Flying article on Saab's general aviation aircraft ... to test the applications of propeller engines at high speeds, as jet engines of the day used much ...
The aircraft has received criticism for using a propeller instead of a jet engine. Some media outlets have referred to it as a “crop duster,” a reference to agricultural aircraft that sprays ...