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Why aircraft designers abandoned rear propellers

Early airplanes often flew with propellers mounted behind the pilot, pushing the aircraft forward rather than pulling it ...
An airplane propeller severed a pilot’s arm in a freak accident at the Paso Robles Municipal Airport on Wednesday. The 81-year-old pilot from Watsonville was preparing to depart the airport in an ...
A twin-propeller aircraft carrying 15 people, including a Colombian lawmaker, crashed Wednesday in a mountainous region near the Venezuelan border, killing all passengers and crew.
A propeller blade for Joby’s aircraft in the manufacturing process at its Dayton, Ohio facility. Layers of high strength carbon fiber are applied to achieve precise design specifications. Source | ...
MANILA: The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has given regulatory approval to a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Malaysia, giving ATR aircraft operators the option ...