Aerial Combat
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: July 11, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Made for the 1960s big-budget World War I film Biggles Sweeps the Skies, "Biggles' Biplane" is a re-creation of a de Havilland B.E.2c, constructed using de Havilland Moth components.
Stephen Mauro |
Published: July 11, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Vulcan to the Sky Trust returned the only remaining airworthy Avro Vulcan to its former base RAF Finningley in March.
Nan Siegel |
Published: July 11, 2011 at 1:27 pm
Sikorsky earned the Robert J. Collier Trophy for developing a coaxial, auxiliary propulsion helicopter, the X2.
Published: July 11, 2011 at 1:08 pm
The September 2011 Aviation History has articles on the B-29 Superfortress, RAF ace James McCudden, F-100C Super Sabre pilot Barty Brooks, the 1933 Houston-Westland flight over Mount Everest, the Davis-Monthan AFB boneyard, and Luftwaffe maintenance.
Published: July 11, 2011 at 1:01 pm
The September 2011 Aviation History Reader Poll asks readers to discuss whether or not the U.S. Air Force should permit the use of deadly plane crash footage in commercial releases.
Published: July 11, 2011 at 12:59 pm
In the September 2011 Mailbag readers discuss the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, supersonic flight, the British AD Scout, the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron and Jimmy Stewart.
Published: July 11, 2011 at 12:58 pm
The September 2011 Letter From Aviation History discusses the troubled development of the B-29 Superfortress, the Junkers Ju-288 and Commemorative Air Force B-29 Fifi.
Alan Cockrell |
Published: July 11, 2011 at 11:05 am
How film footage of a spectacular crash saved lives and spawned a legend.
Age of Airpower |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:55 pm
The Age of Airpower
By Martin van Creveld. 512 pp.
PublicAffairs, 2011. $35.
Martin van Creveld's work is always worth reading. Some of his books, most notably Supplying War and Hitler's Strategy: the Balkan Clue, are benchmarks that will …
John Miller |
Published: May 18, 2011 at 11:14 am
Ex–Canadian Pacific Airlines Douglas DC-6B Empress of Suva completed its last flight on December 4, 2010, in Pretoria, South Africa.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: May 12, 2011 at 11:15 am
In Britain, volunteers have spent 13 years renovating a 1954 Avro Shackleton bomber that served a remarkable 37 years with the RAF.
Rolf Stibbe |
Published: May 12, 2011 at 11:15 am
Under the leadership of owner Achim Engels, Engels Aeroplanbau in Württemberg is producing full-scale airworthy replicas of German World War I aircraft.
Published: May 11, 2011 at 4:48 pm
The July 2011 Aviation History has articles on Nazi Stuka pilot Hans-Ulrich Rudel, the Dornier Do-335, Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats, the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, breaking the speed of sound and the centennial of Navy aviation.
Published: May 11, 2011 at 4:47 pm
The July 2011 Aviation History Readers Poll asks readers to discuss the most important events in U.S. Navy aviation history.
Published: May 11, 2011 at 4:44 pm
In the July 2011 Aviation History "Mailbag," readers discuss the worlds fastest privately owned planes, the XF-84 Thunderscreech, the Transavia PL-12 Airtruk, and the United Flight 718 crash.
Published: May 11, 2011 at 4:39 pm
The July 2011 Letter From Aviation History discusses the 100th anniversary of Naval aviation. On November 14, 1910, Eugene Ely launched a Curtiss Model D Pusher off the cruiser Birmingham in Hampton Roads, Va.
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