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Discover the Bernard SIMB V.2, the French racing aircraft that first flew on October 2,…
Attack Squadron 127 “Royal Blues” became the Navy’s premier A-4 adversary training squadron, later flying…
Digitization of the design and engineering process has severely shortened the development cycle from ideation…
When it comes to Allied bombers of World War II, there are a few that…
One of the most beautiful and frequent dreams is to be able to fly. Looking…
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On November 1, 1954, the United…
by Jean Pierre Desailly At no other chateau in all of France could you find…
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 26, 1940, at Mines…
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 24, 2003, at 4:05…
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 24, 1953, at Edwards…
Your Stories is a collection of memories sent by our readers and readopted as articles…
Maverick exceeded Mach 10 when he piloted a conceptual hypersonic aircraft, known as Darkstar, designed…
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 21, 1947, at Northrop…
PRESS RELEASE The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire simulator project began in April 2022…
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 7, 1963, the first…
New AMARG Book Marks 75th Anniversary of the Boneyard Noted aviation authors Jim Dunn…
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