History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » Aviation History Briefing http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Collier Goes to Curiosity http://www.historynet.com/collier-goes-to-curiosity.htm http://www.historynet.com/collier-goes-to-curiosity.htm#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 18:14:25 +0000 mbartels http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688257 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 …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/collier-goes-to-curiosity.htm/feed 0 LAS Contract Dispute Continues http://www.historynet.com/las-contract-dispute-continues.htm http://www.historynet.com/las-contract-dispute-continues.htm#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 18:13:23 +0000 mbartels http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688256 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 …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/las-contract-dispute-continues.htm/feed 0 Return of the Avenger http://www.historynet.com/return-of-the-avenger.htm http://www.historynet.com/return-of-the-avenger.htm#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:12:36 +0000 mbartels http://www.historynet.com/?p=13687928 http://www.historynet.com/return-of-the-avenger.htm/feed 1 Wings Remembered http://www.historynet.com/wings-remembered.htm http://www.historynet.com/wings-remembered.htm#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:12:14 +0000 mbartels http://www.historynet.com/?p=13687930 http://www.historynet.com/wings-remembered.htm/feed 0 Martin Four-Oh-Four http://www.historynet.com/martin-four-oh-four.htm http://www.historynet.com/martin-four-oh-four.htm#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:11:31 +0000 mbartels http://www.historynet.com/?p=13687929 http://www.historynet.com/martin-four-oh-four.htm/feed 0 F3F Biplane Barrels Back http://www.historynet.com/f3f-biplane-barrels-back.htm http://www.historynet.com/f3f-biplane-barrels-back.htm#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:59:01 +0000 smauro http://www.historynet.com/?p=13687616
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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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