I think we've rounded a corner in the way most instrument pilots
view autopilots. When I first earned my instrument rating very few
piston airplanes had any sort of autopilot. That's not the case
anymore.
Capture your plane or another favorite aircraft in all its humorous
glory. Bombers, transports, fighters and helicopters, no aircraft
is safe from the pen of Rob Henderson.
When the air flowing over the wing cannot produce enough lift to
support the weight of the aircraft. This can happen if the aircraft
flies too slowly, or if the wing is at a too-high angle to the
incoming airflow.
"The nature of the object that hit the shuttle radiator
isn’t known."
Source: Part of NASA's statement Thursday
confirming reports from experts outside the agency that...
something... collided with a radiator panel on the space shuttle
Atlantis during its recent mission to the International Space
Station.