Today in Aviation History :: The FPV Revolution

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Would you mind helping us grow Historic Wings? Please forward this message to a friend today! Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. HISTORIC WINGS The FPV Revolution Today in Aviation :: August 26, 2013 We need to expand our readership! Please forward this story to a friend today! The heady days of the early 1910s are long past. Today, flying a plane or helicopter is expensive and challenging — it is also fun and amazing, of course.  Yet what if you could fly without having a pilot certificate, an airplane or a flight instructor?  What if all it took was a set of modern electronics, some cameras and a rather specialized rig that puts you into the cockpit of a radio controlled airplane — if only virtually? Welcome to the world of FPV — First Person View. Continue Reading =>   Photo of the Day A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Florida, sits parked on the tarmac in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on May 15, 2013. Photo Credit:  Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Colon, USCG Copyright © 2013 Historic Wings Magazine, All rights reserved. You have received this message because you opted in to our newsletter on our website -- historicwings.com. Our mailing address is: Historic Wings Magazine 118 N. Johnson Road Sterling, VA 20164 Add us to your address book Copyright © 2013 Historic Wings & Thomas Van Hare All Rights Reserved