Barnaby Wainfan
Barnaby is a Technical Fellow for Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Design organization. A private pilot with single-engine and glider ratings, Barnaby has been involved in the design of unconventional airplanes including canards, joined wings, flying wings and some too strange to fall into any known category.
How Skin Condition Affects Aircraft Performance
In the last few editions of Wind Tunnel, we looked at how changes to the surface of an airplane's skin can affect the aerodynamic...
In Case You Missed It
Beware the Scammer
We don’t talk about scams a lot in Experimental aviation. Yes, there were probably...
The Ultimate Upgrade
Veteran pilots and kit builders, Wendell and Martha Solesbee make the reasoned decision to embark on a Lancair Evo build—the ultimate upgrade to their already-impressive homebuilt fleet.
The Life of a Kit Airplane Factory Pilot
Roger Dubbert has worked for Zenith Aircraft Company since 1993 and has flown over 10,000 demo flights.
Aero ‘lectrics
So far in Jim Weirs investigation of digital logic, hes explored small scale integration. This time, its time to ramp it up a bit and use some medium scale integration devices that will remember your settings.