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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Fleet 50 Freighter
On February 22, 1938, the Fleet 50 Freighter made its first flight. Discover the story…
Grounded Dreams: Dornier Do 335, WWII’s Fastest Propeller Aircraft That Never Saw Combat
The Dornier Do 335 was a fast, unconventional World War II fighter whose advanced design…
Today in Aviation History: USAF Begins to Retire the B-29 Superfortress
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On November 1, 1954, the United…
The Château de Savigny-lès-Beaune Fighter Plane (and Sports Car) Collection
by Jean Pierre Desailly At no other chateau in all of France could you find…
Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The North American Aviation NA-73X (P-51 Mustang)
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 26, 1940, at Mines…
This Day in Aviation History: Final Commercial Flight of The British Airways Concorde
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 24, 2003, at 4:05…
This Day in Aviation History: First Flight of The YF-102 Delta Dagger
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 24, 1953, at Edwards…
Your Stories: Who’s Available to Fly in The BT-13 With Col McGee?
Your Stories is a collection of memories sent by our readers and readopted as articles…
Lockheed Martin On The Big Screen
Maverick exceeded Mach 10 when he piloted a conceptual hypersonic aircraft, known as Darkstar, designed…
This Day in Aviation History: First Flight of The YB-49
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 21, 1947, at Northrop…
BBMF Launch a Brand-new Spitfire Simulator Experience
PRESS RELEASE The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire simulator project began in April 2022…
Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Learjet
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 7, 1963, the first…
AMARG: America’s Strategic Military Aircraft Reserve – New Book by Veronico & Dunn
New AMARG Book Marks 75th Anniversary of the Boneyard Noted aviation authors Jim Dunn…
Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The North American Aviation XP-86
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 1, 1947, after three…
Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The F-101 Voodoo
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 29, 1954, at Edwards…
10 Best Aviation Universities in the World
Without any doubt, the aviation field is one of the crucial industries for the worldwide…
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