Skid Marks
May 2008
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Modern jet airliners like the Boeing 777 must be able to
take off even at extreme angles of attack. To validate this capability,
aircraft manufacturers perform over-rotation tests in which the aircraft
is made to drag its tail on the runway. If all goes well, the aircraft
will reach Vmu (minimum unstick speed) and become airborne before
running out of runway. It's not pretty, but it's a necessary part of
making airliners safe and rugged.
Note: Each month a different image from the current calendar year is featured here. To avoid
the gnawing 12-month period of suspense to see all 12 pieces (along with lots of aviation
anniversaries (When did the first pig fly?), incredible trivia (What is Godzilla's "birthday"?),
and outrageous quotes from people that should know better place your
order for the Aerocatures™ Calendar now!
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News & Updates:
- 4/1/08: Hank Caruso's Aerocatures™ featured on This Week @ NASA!
As part of the 50th anniversary of US manned space flight, NASA
interviewed Hank Caruso for a feature highlighting Hank's Aerocature's.
In particular, the interview describes Hank's safety artwork created for
the Dryden Flight Research Center in California. To view the interview,
click here and select "View Now."
- 1/20/08: Attention Maryland Residents: Note that, as of the
beginning of the year, the state sales tax has been raised to 6%. The
new rate is reflected in the downloadable order form.
- 1/20/08: The 2008 Aerocatures
Calendars are still available, but they are going fast! Don't
procrastinate and miss out.
- 12/1/07: The 2008 Aerocatures™ calendar is here!
- 10/1/07: Please note that the "Phamily Portrait" color print is now sold out!
- 8/12/07: Please note that the Seabirds book and the 2007
Aerocatures™ Calendar are now SOLD
OUT!
- 9/23/06: The F-14 Tomcat will fly no more from the decks of US
Navy carriers. But Hank Caruso's new Tomcat farewell commemorative
print, "Still the Baddest Cat at the Merge!" helps to perpetuate this
awesome fighter's mythic legend. See more details here.
- 9/9/06: At the recent Tailhook Symposium, it was announced that
the Secretary of the Navy has designated Hank Caruso as Honorary Naval Aviator #27! What does
this mean? Click here to find out!
- 9/10/05: At the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP)
annual symposium, Hank Caruso's original Aerocature "The Ri-i-i-ght
Stuff!" depicting the X-15 being dropped from its NB-52A mother ship,
was presented to astronaut Neil Armstrong.
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