Hartzell Propeller has received an FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for its new three-bladed, lightweight Polaris composite propeller on diesel-powered Diamond DA40 NG aircraft. The Polaris ...

Wooden propellers were widely used on all aircraft prior to 1920 and especially during World War I. They continued to be placed on aircraft over the next decade with decreasing regularity -- with a ...

The Naples Museum of Military Memorabilia will soon have an old piece of aviation history to display. Retired Navy pilot Dave Dyke, 80, of North Naples, is giving the museum a 7-foot-2-inch wooden ...

An aircraft in the living room? Fans of aviation would argue that there is something satisfying about drinking their coffee at a table made of an Antonov 12 engine. Or perhaps, entertaining guests on ...

Ten years ago, Loren “Gene” Hartsaw sold his business and began making wooden propellers for antique aircraft. The change in profession was something he never regretted. Hartsaw died Friday, ...

EVERETT — The airplane is in parts — fuselage, wings, engines, control cables, propellers laid out in a hangar corner at the Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field. More than 7,700 were built. Yet, ...

The aircraft is powered by the fuel-injected 200 hp Lycoming IO-360-A1D6 engine, a significant step up from the standard 180 ...