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Today In Aviation History: North American A3J-1 Vigilante Sets World Altitude Record
On December 13, 1960, a North American A3J-1 Vigilante set a new world altitude record…
Travel For Aircraft Bookshelf – Forgotten Souls: the Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen by Cheryl W. Thompson
Forgotten Souls: The Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen by Cheryl W. Thompson uncovers the…
FIAT Fighters: CR.32, CR.42 Falco, G.50 Freccia, G.55 Centauro
Fiat Fighters, the second volume in Luigino Caliaro's trilogy, highlights the fighter aircraft designs originating…
Sky-High Gaming: How Online Casinos Bring the Thrill of Monaco to 30,000 Feet
See how online casinos change in-flight entertainment. Passengers can play Monaco-style games from their airplane…
Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the North American YF-93
Although never deployed into operational service, the YF-93 was still useful as a concept, and…
Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Blériot XI
The Blériot XI remains one of the most important aircraft in the history of aviation,…
Randy’s Warbird Profiles: FHCAM’s Ju-87R-4 Stuka
Randy Malmstrom takes a look at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum's Junkers Ju-87…
Today in Aviation History: The Flight of ‘Plus Ultra’
A lesser known transatlantic flight by the Dornier flying boat from Spain to Argentina
The Albree Pigeon-Fraser: The First American Fighter
A seldom-remembered prototype for the first fighter aircraft designed in the United States
Today in Aviation History: Concorde’s First Scheduled Supersonic Passenger Flight
The two inaugural flights for Concorde with Air France and British Airways were hailed as…
Phoenix 500 Air Races- An Alternate Viewpoint
A former GM engineer tells the story of how he observed the Air Races in…
Today in Aviation History: Formation of the Brazilian Air Force
More than eight decades later, the Brazilian Air Force is the larges in the Southern…
Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Bell X-1
The unpowered first flight of the plane that broke the sound barrier.
Today in Aviation History: Eugene Ely and the First Shipboard Aircraft Landing
American aviator Eugene Ely became the first pilot to land an airplane on a ship…
From X-15 to The Moon: Edge of Space Short Film
Set in 1961, at the peak of the U.S.-Soviet space race, a determined USAF test…
Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Short SC.7 Skyvan
Over sixty years after the first flight of this design, the Skyvan continues to be…
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