Imagine being crammed into a ball turret that's only 42 inches in diameter. Doesn't sound too fun, right? Well, imagine that ...
Why First Lieutenant Ewald Swanson's crew flew a B-17 by pulling bare control cables with their hands during WW2 —[...] ...
The C-17’s fly-by-wire system is central to its short-field performance. Unlike traditional mechanical controls, fly-by-wire ...