Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Gloster F.9/37

April 3, 1939 marked the first flight of the Gloster F.9/37, a fast and agile…

B-29 DOC and P-51 Gunfighter to Visit Wilmington May 14–17

B-29 DOC and P-51 Gunfighter will visit Wilmington, NC, May 14–17, offering cockpit tours, ground…

CAF Airbase Georgia Warbirds on Display at “Wings Over North Georgia” Airshow

CAF Airbase Georgia brings three WWII warbirds to the Wings Over North Georgia Airshow April…

Grounded Dreams: Yakovlev Yak-36 – The Soviet Jump Jet That Defied Gravity

Yak-36 was the Soviet Union’s first VTOL jet, proving vertical flight concepts but cancelled due…

Snuffy Smith: The Irascible, Unforgettable Hero

Explore the story of Medal of Honor recipient Maynard “Snuffy” Smith, a difficult yet heroic…

Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Partenavia Oscar

Marking April 2, 1965, the first flight of the Partenavia Oscar, a versatile Italian light…

Restoration Begins on Rare B-24 Liberator at National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force

Restoration has begun on a rare B-24 Liberator at the National Museum of the Mighty…

Boneyard Files: Grumman S-2 Tracker – From Carrier Deck to the Desert Floor

Grumman S-2 Tracker, the US Navy’s first single-aircraft anti-submarine hunter-killer platform, served globally before retirement…

Flight Test Files: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird – Managing the Expansion of the Titanium Skin

NASA used the SR-71 Blackbird in the 1990s to study high-speed flight, propulsion, sonic booms…

Aces of the Great War: Bruno Loerzer: The Fokker D.VII Master of 1918

WWI ace Bruno Loerzer scored 44 victories and later rose to Generaloberst in WWII, linking…

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