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The Beech YAU-22A “Armed Bonanza” was a Vietnam War-era close air support aircraft based on…
Learn the story of the LACAB GR.8 Doryphore, Belgium’s ambitious 1930s multi-role combat aircraft prototype…
Boeing Skyfox aimed to modernize the aging T-33 into a low-cost jet trainer with better…
April 14, 1918 marked the first U.S. Army Air Service aerial victories of World War…
F-101 Voodoo evolved from bomber escort to interceptor and reconnaissance jet, serving in Cold War…
Lockheed U-2 shifted from spy missions to NASA research, supporting Earth observation, disaster response and…
Lothar von Richthofen, brother of the Red Baron, scored 40 WWI victories, emerging as a…
Tupolev Tu-110 was a four-engine Soviet jetliner developed from the Tu-104 but canceled in 1958…
April 13, 1931 marked the first flight of the Boeing YB-9, the first all-metal monoplane…
A visit to California’s Ala Doble Flying Collection reveals two rare Curtiss fighters—a P-36C and…
NASA Boeing 727 tests in the 1970s revealed how wake vortices affect smaller aircraft, shaping…
A detailed profile of Douglas DC-3 N877MG, a former WWII C-47 that flew supply missions…
April 12, 1938 marked the first flight of the Aubert PA-20 Cigale, a French light…
Discover the remarkable true story of when a U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 bombed ice…
Barnstormer-USA partners with Romain Hugault on the “Burma Banshees” T-shirt, inspired by WWII P-40 Warhawks,…
April 11, 1937 marked the first flight of the Junkers Ju 89, a German heavy…
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