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Randy’s Vintage Profiles: Hamilton H-47 Metalplane

Explore the remarkable history of the Hamilton H-47 Metalplane, one of America's earliest all-metal airliners…

Adam Estes

Grounded Dreams: Why The Ambitious North American XA2J Super Savage Was Scrapped

The North American XA2J Super Savage was a powerful carrier-based attack aircraft whose promising design…

Kapil Kajal

Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Microjet 200

Learn about the Microjet 200, an innovative French light jet trainer that first flew on…

Austin Hancock

Pioneers of Aeronautical Engineering: Katherine Johnson – Math Genius of NASA

Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician whose calculations helped send astronauts into orbit and to the…

Kapil Kajal

Grounded Dreams: Doak VZ-4 – How The First Hovering Plane Lost Its Wings

The Doak VZ-4 was an experimental VTOL aircraft that successfully transitioned from vertical to horizontal…

Kapil Kajal

Grounded Dreams: Gulfstream Peregrine 600 – The Luxury Jet Maker’s Failed Military Trainer

The Gulfstream Peregrine 600 was an experimental military trainer developed from the American Hustler prototype.…

Kapil Kajal

Today In Aviation History: First Untethered Vertical Flight of the Yakovlev Yak-36

Discover the story of the Yakovlev Yak-36, the Soviet Union's pioneering VTOL jet, which achieved…

Austin Hancock

Boneyard Files: Grumman F-11 Tiger – The Supersonic Naval Pioneer Abandoned In The Desert

The Grumman F-11 Tiger was a supersonic US Navy carrier fighter known for its sleek…

Kapil Kajal

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…

Kapil Kajal

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…

Kapil Kajal

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…

Austin Hancock

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…

Kapil Kajal

Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Grumman A-6E Intruder

Explore the history of Grumman A-6E Intruder BuNo 158794, a combat veteran of the Gulf…

Adam Estes

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…

Austin Hancock