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Learn the story of the LACAB GR.8 Doryphore, Belgium’s ambitious 1930s multi-role combat aircraft prototype…
Canadian-born RAF ace Frank Ormond Soden scored 27 victories in WWI, later serving as an…
On May 24, 1969, the SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019 first flew, introducing a turboprop-powered STOL liaison aircraft…
On May 23, 1915, the Fokker Eindecker first flew, introducing a synchronized machine gun that…
The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior was the US Navy’s heavy carrier-based jet bomber, later serving in…
Canadian WWI ace Andrew Edward McKeever became the highest-scoring Bristol F.2A fighter pilot, earning 31…
The Hiller X-2-235 was an experimental American coaxial helicopter developed in the 1940s that helped…
On May 22, 1981, the Gulfstream Peregrine 600 made its first flight as a prototype…
The Boeing Model 360 was an advanced experimental tandem-rotor helicopter developed in the 1980s to…
The Kellett XR-10 was an experimental twin-engine transport helicopter developed for the US Army Air…
On May 21, 1969, the Antonov An-26 Nastia first flew, introducing a rugged Soviet turboprop…
Canadian WWI ace William Gordon Claxton scored 37 aerial victories in just 79 days while…
In his latest profile, lifelong aviation enthusiast Randy Malmstrom covers the Franklin PS-2 training glider…
The Chase XC-123A became America’s first jet-powered transport aircraft in 1951, testing high-speed cargo transport…
On May 20, 1965, the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter first flew, beginning the…
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress became one of America’s most important strategic bombers, serving from the…
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