Tag: Aviation History

Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Fieseler Fi-103R-IV Reichenberg

Explore the history of the Fieseler Fi-103R-IV Reichenberg, Nazi Germany's piloted V-1 flying bomb prototype,…

Adam Estes

How an FO-141 Gnat That Fought Two India and Pakistan Wars Ended Up in an American Museum

The FO-141 Gnat, India's famed "Sabre Slayer," fought in two Indo-Pakistan wars before a daring…

Kapil Kajal

Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Grumman TF-9J Cougar

Explore the history of the Grumman TF-9J Cougar, the U.S. Navy's two-seat jet trainer, through…

Adam Estes

Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Grumman A-6E Intruder

Explore the history of Grumman A-6E Intruder BuNo 158794, a combat veteran of the Gulf…

Adam Estes

From the “Burma Bridge Busters” to the Boeing 777: A Century of Flight in the Philpott Family

Explore a century of aviation history through the Philpott family archive, from WWII's famed "Burma…

Amreetam Basu

Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Piper HE-1 (AE-1)

Explore the history of the Piper HE-1/AE-1 air ambulance, a WWII-era adaptation of the Piper…

Adam Estes

C-47 “That’s All, Brother” – The Men Behind the Plane

Discover the story of the seven-man crew aboard C-47 “That’s All, Brother,” the aircraft that…

Guest Author

Honor Flight Long Island to Fly 46 Veterans to Washington, D.C., on May 2

Honor Flight Long Island will fly 46 veterans to Washington, D.C., on May 2 for…

Amreetam Basu

Grounded Dreams: Northrop YF-17 – From Air Force Rejection to the F/A-18 Hornet

Northrop YF-17 lost the US Air Force’s Lightweight Fighter contest but evolved into the F/A-18…

Kapil Kajal

Rare Bolingbroke Joins South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum for Restoration

A rare Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke Mk. IVT has been transferred from IWM Duxford to the…

Stephen Chapis