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Died. Marshall Headle, 52, who trained U.S. Army flyers in World War I, and as successor to the late Wiley Post as Lockheed Aircraft's top test pilot tested some 300 different types of plane (including the P-38 Lightning on its maiden flight) with out once having to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 14, 1945 | 5/14/1945 | See Source »

The twin tail of the Lockheed 14H-resembling from the rear a letter H with two vertical tail fins and rudders attached to a wide horizontal stabilizer-is designed to increase controllability and stability in flight. Savoia-Marchetti, Sikorsky. Consolidated, Handley Page. Mitsubishi all have models with similar twin tails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Tail Trouble | 2/14/1938 | See Source »

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