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A detailed look at the Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 Canary, tracing its development, Coast Guard…
April 5, 1959 marked the first flight of the Aero L-29 Delfin, a Czech-built jet…
On the 89th anniversary of the prototype Supermarine Spitfire's first flight, this installment of Randy’s…
On March 4, 1954, the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter soared into the skies for its maiden…
How the City of Rochester, NY, gave a top-secret WWII weapon its sight.
On March 3, 1915, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was officially established by…
On March 2, 1969, the Concorde took flight for the first time, ushering in a…
On March 1, 1945, the Bachem Ba 349 “Natter” made its first and only manned…
Tinian, once the launch point for the B-29 bombers that ended World War II, is…
On this day in aviation history, February 28, 1947, a North American P-82 Twin Mustang…
One man’s epic journey to build the long-range nuclear bomber from scratch
One of the few aircraft that combined both a piston engine and a jet engine…
"Vintage Aviation News staff did not write this article; the content comes via our partners…
Randy Malmstrom takes a look at the history of the Historic Flight Foundation's DHC Beaver…
Colonel Ron Patchett recounts his experiences in the cockpit of an F-105D Thunderchief during an…
Beginnings of the largest combat glider of World War II
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