Aerial Productions International, (API) is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Nalls Aviation family! You may have heard of the BD-5J, known as “The World’s Smallest Jet.” In fact, Nalls Aviation already owns the exact jet sanctioned by Guinness, formerly registered as N3038V as a static jet. But when Bob Bishop called and asked us […]
AARP followed Nalls Aviation around most of this year (mostly out a sense of curiosity) with the intention of telling the story of Nalls Aviation. Exactly, how DOES one acquire a Harrier and fly it on the airshow circuit? Inquiring minds want to know…. “Badass Pilot: The Series” is a non-scripted series now published on […]
Just in time for the annual Army-Navy football game, Team SHAR is on the December 2016 cover of “In Flight USA” magazine. (see the link below). “In Flight USA” is an aviation magazine, distributed to Fixed Base Operators at airports all over the USA. They have featured Nalls Aviation and Team SHAR in several articles, […]
By all accounts, the first flight was an astounding success! We had managed to not only get the airplane in the United States, certified, approved, and ground tested, but we flew it! Despite a minor annoyance of losing communications, there were no other notable problems with the airplane. All systems appeared to be working as […]
With a viable engine and airframe that would at least taxi, we knew we were getting closer and closer to actually flying. With the canopy and all the missing panels installed, it was time for more taxi checks, including engine acceleration runs to full power. The Rolls Royce Pegasus, MK 104 installed, has a hydro-mechanical […]
Once the SHAR was unloaded at Georgetown, DE in early 2006, we had a chance to really look over the airplane and assess the condition for flying. A quorum of mechs attacked the airplane and the publications, and came to the conclusion this was indeed a potentially flyable airplane. I suspected that all along, but it […]
