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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Gourdou-Leseurre GL-813 HY
On October 22, 1934, the Gourdou-Leseurre GL-813 HY took flight, marking a key chapter in…
Heavy Attack Squadron Sixteen: The Short-Lived AJ-2 Savage Refueling Shield
Heavy Attack Squadron Sixteen “White Blades” was a short-lived US Navy squadron that transitioned the…
Aces of the Great War: Godwin Brumowski – Top WWI Ace of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Godwin Brumowski was the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s top-scoring WWI ace, claiming 35 victories on the Italian…
Grounded Dreams: North American F-107 – The Canceled Mach Two Jet
The North American F-107 was a Mach 2 tactical fighter-bomber developed as an advanced successor…
Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Fokker F.XXXVI
Learn about the Fokker F.XXXVI, the largest airliner built by Fokker, which first flew on…
Pioneers of Aeronautical Engineering: Lewis Rodert and the Battle Against Icing
Lewis Rodert pioneered aircraft anti-icing research at NACA and developed one of the first successful…
Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Grumman A-6E Intruder
Explore the history of Grumman A-6E Intruder BuNo 158794, a combat veteran of the Gulf…
Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Burnelli RB-1
Discover the Burnelli RB-1, the experimental lifting-body airliner that first flew in 1921 and challenged…
The Officer Who Could Have Thwarted the Attack on Pearl Harbor…But Didn’t
The story of Kermit Tyler, the officer at Pearl Harbor who dismissed a critical radar…
Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Beriev Be-10
Learn about the Beriev Be-10, the Soviet Union's jet-powered flying boat patrol bomber that first…
Boneyard Files: Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star – The Abandoned Cold War Pioneer
The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star became America’s first operational jet fighter, pioneering jet combat in…
Aces: Heinrich Bongartz – Germany’s Elite Blue Max Fighter Ace
Heinrich Bongartz was a German WWI flying ace who scored 33 victories, survived severe combat…
Grounded Dreams: Brewster XA-32 – The Dive Bomber That Failed To Perform
The Brewster XA-32 was an American dive bomber developed during WWII to replicate the success…
Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Hawker P.1081
On June 19, 1950, the Hawker P.1081 made its first flight. Learn how this experimental…
Ride the Lightning
Follow a photography road trip across Britain in search of surviving English Electric Lightnings, from…
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…
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