Aviation History Briefing
Published: May 03, 2013 at 2:14 pm
Every year the National Aeronautic Association awards the Robert J. Collier Trophy for "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which …
Martin A. Bartels |
Published: May 03, 2013 at 2:13 pm
A contract for 20 light air support (LAS) airplanes destined for Afghanistan's fledgling air force has stalled again, as Beechcraft Corporation filed suit against the U.S. Air Force to halt work on the project. This is Beechcraft's third challenge to the …
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: March 04, 2013 at 11:12 am
The two-story high Grumman Avenger torpedo bomber has become a favorite warbird survivor.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: March 04, 2013 at 11:12 am
A small Tennessee aviation museum holds a great collection of mostly World War II artifacts.
Robert F. Dorr |
Published: March 04, 2013 at 11:11 am
Among fanciers of the Martin 4-0-4 airliner were luminaries such as Frank Sinatra.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: January 15, 2013 at 11:59 pm
Chris Prevost's newly refurbished F3F-2, formerly displayed at the Lone Star Flight Museum, bears the colorful markings of VMF-2 (Kyle Dykes).
Christ Prevost of the Vintage Airplane Company has just returned to the air the F3F-2 you see here, which …
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: January 15, 2013 at 11:58 pm
The Rolls-Royce Merlin III on the RAF Museum's newly restored Boulton Paul Defiant Mk. I (RAF Museum, Hendon).
Largely forgotten is that one squadron of Defiants was among the world's first effective electronic countermeasure units
The U.S. had its …
Stephen Mauro |
Published: January 15, 2013 at 11:58 pm
Seattle's Museum of Flight premiered the new hi-def version of the PBS doc Pioneers in Aviation: The Race to the Moon.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: November 05, 2012 at 3:42 pm
The Historic Aircraft Collection's rebuilt Hawker Fury displays its sleek lines and the checkerboard markings of No. 43 Squadron RAF. (Photo: Richard Paver)
Some of the handsomest biplanes ever built were British and U.S. end-of-an-era fighters of the 1930s. Gloster …
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: November 05, 2012 at 3:29 pm
Bill and Robyn Reid's restored Avro Anson is one of only three "Annies," and the only Mark I model, currently flying. (Photo: Gavin Conroy/Classic Aircraft Photography)
Twin Beech fans might take issue, but the U.S. had nothing like the Avro …
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: September 06, 2012 at 2:42 pm
The humpbacked Potez 63-11 may not have the most beautiful profile, but in its day it was the fastest observation airplane in the world. (Bernard Delfino)
The Potez is brand-new, built from scratch using long-lost French blueprints
Perhaps because the …
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: September 06, 2012 at 2:42 pm
Lifted mostly intact from a Norwegian fjord, this Heinkel He-115B may represent the most convenient recovery of a warbird in history. (Flyhistorisk Museum Sola)
"The museum has yet to decide whether this He-115 will be restored to nonflying display status …
Stephen Mauro |
Published: September 06, 2012 at 2:42 pm
The VC1 makes its first test hop at Karlsrühe, Germany, in October 2011. (e-volo)
"If this innovative design reaches the commercial market it will dramatically change the way we move about the planet."
Multiple-overhead-rotor flying machines, which seemingly offered safety …
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: July 10, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Paul Dye has restored the original RV-1, progenitor of the world's most successful line of homebuilt planes.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: July 10, 2012 at 1:22 pm
The Swedish Air Force Historic Flight has certified a Saab Viggen, adding it to its team of airworthy former SAF jet fighters.
Stephen Mauro |
Published: July 10, 2012 at 1:21 pm
Polish oil men recently discovered a remarkably intact Curtiss Kittyhawk in the Sahara Desert inside Egypt.
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