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Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk. XVIe s/n TE356
Explore the history of Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk. XVIe TE356, from its RAF service and…
Grounded Dreams: Amiot 370 – The Record-Breaking Courier Left Behind
The Amiot 370 was a French long-range mail aircraft that set multiple speed records before…
Patrol Squadron 29: The Fifteen-Year Evolution From Flying Boats To Landplane Privateers
Patrol Squadron 29 served from 1935 to 1950, flying Catalinas and Privateers on neutrality patrols,…
Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Airspeed AS.39 Fleet Shadower
Discover the Airspeed A.S.39 Fleet Shadower, an unusual Royal Navy aircraft designed to track enemy…
Pioneers of Aeronautical Engineering: Bruce Aikenhead and Canada’s Rise in Space
Bruce Aikenhead helped shape Canada's space program by contributing to the Avro Arrow, NASA's Mercury…
Grounded Dreams: Dassault MD 410 Spirale – A Colonial COIN Prototype Left Behind
The Dassault MD 410 Spirale was a French twin-engine ground-attack aircraft designed for Algeria but…
Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the First flight of the Bleriot Bl-111/5
Learn about the Blériot 111/5, an innovative French executive transport that first flew on October…
Grounded Dreams: Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird – Why Early VTOL Aircraft Failed
The Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird was an experimental VTOL aircraft that tested jet-powered vertical flight but…
Attack Squadron 212: The Vietnam War Journey Of The Rampant Raiders
Attack Squadron 212 “Rampant Raiders” flew from the Taiwan Strait to Vietnam, pioneering the AGM-12…
Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Nakajima Ki-27 Nate Prototype
Discover the history of the Nakajima Ki-27 "Nate," the Imperial Japanese Army's first successful monoplane…
Randy’s Warbird Profiles: North American T-6G Texan N100XK
Explore the history of North American T-6G Texan N100XK, from its USAF and Spanish Air…
Red Eagles: The American Pilots Who Flew the Enemy’s MiGs
Explore the Red Eagles and Constant Peg, the secret Cold War program that used real…
Today In Aviation History: North American XB-70 Valkyrie Breaks Mach 3
On October 14, 1965, the North American XB-70 Valkyrie exceeded Mach 3 for the first…
Attack Squadron 133: The Brief Cold War Service Of The Blue Knights
VA-133 “Blue Knights” was a short-lived US Navy attack squadron formed during the Berlin Crisis,…
Grounded Dreams: Mitsubishi RP-1 – The Rotary Rotor Testbed Concept Stalled
Mitsubishi RP-1 testbed helped develop Japan’s MH2000 helicopter, but the commercial program was canceled after…
Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Caproni Ca.90
Learn about the Caproni Ca.90, the world's largest land-based aircraft in 1929, whose first flight…
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