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Adam Aircraft received the final type certificate for the pressurized, twin-engine A500. Less than one year after founders Rick Adam and John Knudsen gave Burt Rutan $1 million and a back-of-the-napkin design for an all-composite, centerline-thrust twin, a proof-of-concept A500 was flying over Mojave, Calif. In 2002, flight testing began out of Denver’s Centennial Airport.
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General Paul Tibbets and Enola Gay navigator Dutch Van Kirk look back on one of the most famous moments in history
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2005 Electronic Skyhawk
It’s here’the most popular airplane in the world now comes with a glass panel