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Ride the Lightning

Follow a photography road trip across Britain in search of surviving English Electric Lightnings, from…

Ian Doyle

Pioneers of Aeronautical Engineering: Max Munk – A German Behind NACA’s Revolutionary Wind Tunnel

Aeronautical pioneer Max Munk helped transform aviation through his work on airfoil theory and the…

Kapil Kajal

Grounded Dreams: Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK – How a Torpedo-Bomber Dream Died

The Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK was a late-WWII US Navy dive and torpedo bomber designed for escort…

Kapil Kajal

Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Caudron C.710

Discover the story of the Caudron C.710, the French fighter prototype that led to the…

Austin Hancock

Boneyard Files: Douglas F4D Skyray – The Supersonic Interceptor Lost in Arizona

The Douglas F4D Skyray was a Cold War Navy fighter that set world speed and…

Kapil Kajal

Aces of the Great War: Harold Leslie Edwards and the Canadian Blitz of the Skies

Canadian WWI observer ace Harold Leslie Edwards scored 21 aerial victories in Bristol F.2 Fighters…

Kapil Kajal

Randy’s Warbird Profiles: North American SNJ-4 Texan BuNo 26991

Explore the history of North American SNJ-4 Texan BuNo 26991, a WWII-era U.S. Navy trainer…

Adam Estes

Grounded Dreams: Why The Revolutionary Kamov Ka-22 Was Abandoned Forever

The Kamov Ka-22 combined helicopter and airplane technology into one experimental Soviet aircraft. Despite setting…

Kapil Kajal

Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the HAL HF-24 Marut

Discover the story of the HAL HF-24 Marut, India's first indigenous jet fighter and Asia's…

Austin Hancock

From B-52 Simulators to Phantom Cockpits: Stephen Cannaby’s Immersive Aviation Legacy

Stephen H. Cannaby has spent decades preserving aviation history through the restoration of military aircraft…

Moreno Aguiari

Pioneers of Aeronautical Engineering: John Stack – The Man Behind the Sound Barrier

Aeronautical pioneer John Stack helped the United States overcome the challenges of high-speed flight, contributing…

Kapil Kajal

Grounded Dreams: Columbia XJL-1 – The Single-Winged Duck Scrapped By The Navy

The Columbia XJL-1 was the US Navy's postwar attempt to replace the Grumman J2F Duck.…

Kapil Kajal

Today In Aviation History: June 16th First Flight of the Mikoyan-Gurevich I-350

Discover the story of the Mikoyan-Gurevich I-350, the experimental Soviet fighter that became the first…

Austin Hancock

Boneyard Files: Bell HTL-7 – The Rare Double Cockpit Trainer Lost in the Desert

Discover the Bell HTL-7, the US Navy’s training version of the Bell 47 helicopter that…

Kapil Kajal