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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Beechcraft T-34 Mentor
The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor made its first flight on December 2, 1948. Developed from the…
NORAD Prepares to Track Santa for 70th Consecutive Year
NORAD celebrates 70 years of tracking Santa Claus. Follow Santa’s journey on December 24 via…
Screwball, The Story Behind the Name
By Dave O'Malley of Vintage Wings of Canada On the island of Malta in the…
A VETERAN’S STORY: The Story of One Huey
By Pete Mecca In the year 1427, celebrated Vietnamese patriot Le Loi defeated the occupying…
A VETERAN’S STORY: “Hitting The Silk” Over Burma
By Pete Mecca From a special article in the New York Times on December 15,…
2017 In Review Through Warbirds News’ Top Articles
2017 has been another great year for warbirds, with many significant events and first flights…
RAF 100th Anniversary Tour – Ian Allan Aviation Tours (June 30th – July 17th, 2018)
The Royal Air Force will be celebrating its centenary in 2018. Formed on April 1st,…
Legendary Pilot Inspires New generation of Air Warriors
In March of 1967, a flight of F-4 Phantom IIs from the 433rd Tactical Fighter…
Memphis Belle – A Wartime Photo Essay from N.A.C.A Lewis Field
While we conducting some research for Monday's article concerning the imminent completion of the Memphis…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Targeting the Big Apple
According to legend, in the year 1307 the bailiff/agent of the Hapsburg Duke of Austria…
Tinker Celebrates 75 Years: Wright R3350 Radial Engine Profile
The Wright R3350 ‘Cyclone 18’ radial engine is a massive, complex engine which powered significant…
Tinker Celebrates 75 Years: Pratt & Whitney J57 Turbojet Engine Profile
Pratt & Whitney’s J57 engine is a twin-spool, axial flow turbojet engine with standard and…
Tinker Celebrates 75 Years: Convair B-36 ‘Peacemaker’ Aircraft Profile
The Convair B-36 “Peacemaker” was a six-engine, very heavy bomber produced to meet specifications issued…
Props and Pin-Ups in World War II (and it’s just not girls in bikinis…)
by John M. Caratola, PhD. From the very beginning of organized warfare, men in combat…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Avoiding Cobras and Flying Cobras
Carl “Skip” Bell was born at Emory Hospital on August 6, 1945, the same day…
Bermuda Triangle Revisited
By Stephen Chapis In December 1945, five TBM Avengers and 14 aircrew members vanished on…
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