This article aims to present the early bulbous approach in designing airplanes which contributed to the development of present day airliners. Decades before, these bulbous designs started as conversions of an existing aircraft design and despite their awkward appearance, they were able to fill up the need for transporting outsized cargo. Little had been known about these early bulbous aircraft designs and their significance is being emphasized in this article.

This article aims to educate the reader about the de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, the first all metal bush plane manufactured by de Havilland Canada which is a familiar aircraft that could be seen in small airports around the world. As it gained screen appearance in the 1998 adventure film Six Days Seven Nights, knowledge of this type of aircraft will also update the knowledge of film viewers of the significance of the presence of the type of aircraft on the film.

As most people unfamiliar with the advances made in aviation, seeing a passenger bus on sling hoist from a flying helicopter would be highly unlikely. Most of us may even doubt if it is possible. But that was how the story goes in the film Swordfish (2001) which stars Hugh Jackman, John Travolta and Halle Berry where the type of helicopter was utilized to hoist a bus full of hostages at the course of the film. This article is addressed to answer speculations whether that particular scene was act...

This article aims to acquaint the reader with the Cessna Skymaster, a type of aircraft manufactured by Cessna and at one time utilized for military applications with operational roles in the Vietnam War and other civilian functions as a search and rescue aircraft and in fighting forest fires. It also relates how the aircraft gained screen appearance in the movie BAT 21 made in 1980 which stars Gene Hackman and Danny Glover.

Airwolf was a famous TV series aired from 1984 to 1987. This article aims to provide the reader how an ordinary Bell 222 type of helicopter became the basis for the storyline used in the show, a high tech helicopter which captured the heart of viewers by flying combat missions employing sophisticated equipments and weaponry imaginable.

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