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Grounded Dreams: Avro Canada C102 Jetliner – How North America’s First Jetliner Was Axed
The Avro Canada C102 Jetliner became North America's first jet airliner to fly, but despite…
Travel For Aircraft Bookshelf – F4U Corsair by Ernest M. Snowden
Read Joe May's review of F4U Corsair by Ernest M. Snowden, an illustrated look at…
Grounded Dreams: MiG-23-01 – The Lift Jet Interceptor That Grew Too Heavy To Fly
The MiG-23-01 was a Soviet experimental STOL fighter developed as a successor to the MiG-21.…
Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Breguet-Dorand Gyroplane Laboratoire
Discover the Breguet-Dorand Gyroplane Laboratoire, the pioneering French helicopter that set early rotorcraft records and…
Pioneers of Aeronautical Engineering: Fred E. Weick – The Man Behind Modern Light Aircraft
Fred E. Weick helped make aviation safer and more accessible through innovations in aircraft design,…
Grounded Dreams: Boeing XF8B – The Piston Masterpiece Killed By Jets
The Boeing XF8B was a massive WWII-era carrier fighter designed to serve as a fighter,…
Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Farman F.1000
Learn about the Farman F.1000, the innovative French high-altitude research aircraft designed to challenge world…
Aces of the Great War: Josef Veltjens and the Barbed Arrow of Jasta 15
German WWI ace Josef Veltjens scored 35 aerial victories, later joined the Nazi Party, clashed…
Aces: Otto Fruhner – The Twenty-Seven Victory Hunter Of The Western Front
German WWI ace Otto Fruhner scored 27 aerial victories and became one of the first…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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