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Attack Squadron 45 was established three times by the US Navy, serving as a postwar…
Learn about the de Havilland DH.88 Comet, the revolutionary British racing aircraft that first flew…
On April 17, 1934, the de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide took to the skies for…
Randy Malmstrom takes a look at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum's Bell UH-1B…
On April 16, 1988, the McDonnell-Douglas T-45 Goshawk made its maiden flight, marking a new…
On April 15, 1935, the Douglas TBD Devastator took to the skies for the first…
A unique inscription on a propeller blade creates at trail to the former RAF airbase…
On April 14, 1929, Ed Link introduced the worldโs first ground-based flight trainerโan invention that…
The XC-99, a colossal and largely forgotten aircraft, sits in storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, awaiting…
On April 13, 1945, the final Boeing-built B-17 Flying Fortress was delivered to the U.S.…
On April 12, 1935, the Bristol Blenheim took flight for the first time, marking the…
Before manned spaceflight, the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket was pushing boundaries at the edge of the…
On April 11, 1929, the Boeing P-12 Fighter took to the skies for the first…
On April 10, 1959, the Northrop T-38 Talon took to the skies for the first…
Randy Malmstrom takes a look at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum's Douglas A-26 Invader.
On April 9, 1969, Concorde 002 became the first UK-built supersonic airliner to take flight,…
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