Grounded Dreams: Cierva W.9 – The Jet Tail Experiment of 1945
Cierva W.9 tested a tail-rotorless helicopter concept during WWII, pioneering early NOTAR ideas before its…
Final Push to Oshkosh: American Heritage Museum’s PBY-5A Catalina Nears Completion
The American Heritage Museum’s PBY-5A Catalina restoration nears completion, with a debut planned for Oshkosh…
Birdcage Corsair Downunder – Restoration Update
With our restoration report over the weekend concerning F4U-1D Corsair Bu.82640's resurrection in Mareeba, Australia,…
Tinker Celebrates 75 Years: Wright R3350 Radial Engine Profile
The Wright R3350 ‘Cyclone 18’ radial engine is a massive, complex engine which powered significant…
F4U-1D Corsair Restoration Update Downunder
A rare, Vought-built F4U-1D Corsair is now looking much more like her old self again…
The Air Defence of the UK in the Last 20 Years of the Cold War
On 15 December, the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will be hosting the next Cold…
Tinker Celebrates 75 Years: Pratt & Whitney J57 Turbojet Engine Profile
Pratt & Whitney’s J57 engine is a twin-spool, axial flow turbojet engine with standard and…
Aichi Museum of Flight Opens Today
A significant aviation museum named the Aichi Museum of Flight opened for the first time…
Insignia Art of WWII – New Exhibit at Palm Springs Air Museum
The Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California will host a presentation and reception…
National Museum USAF announces Eighth Annual Student Writing Competition
Teenagers will have a unique opportunity to earn scholarship funds while learning about military aviation…
Astronaut/Mountaineer Scott Parazynski to Speak at The Museum of Flight
On Dec. 9 the Museum hosts a lecture and book signing with the remarkable Scott…
CAF Announces “12 Planes of Christmas” Holiday Giving Campaign
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) will host its annual “12 Planes of Christmas” online giving…
Reevers Rescues a Combat Veteran B-25D Downunder
Reevers Warbirds has done it again; they have successfully rescued a North American B-25 Mitchell…
Tinker Celebrates 75 Years: Convair B-36 ‘Peacemaker’ Aircraft Profile
The Convair B-36 “Peacemaker” was a six-engine, very heavy bomber produced to meet specifications issued…
Help the Estrella Warbirds Museum Preserve a NASA F-104G Starfighter
Roughly a dozen Lockheed F-104 Starfighters have served with NASA, and the Estrella Warbirds Museum…
Props and Pin-Ups in World War II (and it’s just not girls in bikinis…)
by John M. Caratola, PhD. From the very beginning of organized warfare, men in combat…
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