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The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor made its first flight on December 2, 1948. Developed from the…
NORAD celebrates 70 years of tracking Santa Claus. Follow Santa’s journey on December 24 via…
The last of the American biplane airliners.
Consolidated’s Long-Range Flying Boat Goes on the Attack Against Wake Island
Randy Malmstrom takes a look at the history of the Collings Foundation's B-24J Liberator, Witchcraft.
Designed by incarcerated Soviet engineers, the Tu-2 would go on to have one of the…
The world's first all-metal combat airplane.
One of the most successful fighters of WWII, the P-38 Lightning had a bumpy start…
In today’s interconnected world, cybersecurity is a growing concern across industries, and aviation is no…
The first purely jet-powered aircraft flown off of American aircraft carriers, and the first jet…
Originally built as a biplane, the Stinson Detroiter launched one of the largest aviation companies…
Fiat Fighters, the second volume in Luigino Caliaro's trilogy, highlights the fighter aircraft designs originating…
See how online casinos change in-flight entertainment. Passengers can play Monaco-style games from their airplane…
Although never deployed into operational service, the YF-93 was still useful as a concept, and…
The Blériot XI remains one of the most important aircraft in the history of aviation,…
Randy Malmstrom takes a look at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum's Junkers Ju-87…
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