The internet at large has been ablaze recently with stories about a radio-controlled scale model of a World War II German King Tiger tank whose job was to drill holes in over-pressurized Space Shuttle ...

The Convair 990 Coronado was a marvel of engineering—designed to be the fastest subsonic airliner in commercial history. With its sleek design and unique anti-shock bodies, it pushed the limits of ...

A hygrometer for water vapor measurements from an aircraft was developed. An aluminum oxide hygrometer mounted in an aircraft Rosemount air temperature scoop was flown on the NASA Convair 990 and on a ...

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft, NASM.XXXX.1183.A, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: ...