Aerial Combat
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.
Richard P. Hallion |
Published: May 11, 2011 at 4:39 pm
American engineers had to solve a number of design problems before the U.S. could exploit supersonic flight.
Patrick Clark |
Published: March 30, 2011 at 11:00 am
The aviation-themed massively multiplayer game Heroes in the Sky promises to steal your time, whether you have only 10 minutes to dabble or a whole day to immerse yourself in its world.
Based on the "free-to-play" model, Heroes boasts …
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: March 16, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Two Fairey Gannets are being restored to flying status, and, when complete, will be the only ones aloft.
Stephen Mauro |
Published: March 16, 2011 at 3:31 pm
The B-24 "Shack Rat" crashed into the mountains of Papua New Guinea in October 1943. The Army's Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command has identified the remains of three of the crewmen and returned them to the U.S. for burial.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: March 16, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Two Russian MiG-29s have recently flown in private hands in the U.S.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: March 16, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lieutenant Henry Lacy Smith's Spitfire MkIXb has been recovered from a tidal flat off the Orne River near Caen, having been shot down during a mission over Normandy in 1944.
Published: March 09, 2011 at 12:25 pm
The May 2011 Aviation History has articles on F4F Wildcats battling French H-75A Hawks over Casablanca, the world's ugliest airplanes, aerobat Bert Acosta, experimental VTOL tail-sitters, the 26th Fighter Squadron's exploits over Nanning, and rotary engines.
Published: March 09, 2011 at 12:23 pm
In the May 2011 Aviation History "Mailbag," readers discuss the P-51 Mustang, American Airmen memorials in China, the Travel Air 2000, and unmanned aerial drones.
Published: March 09, 2011 at 12:22 pm
The May 2011 Letter From Aviation History discusses the world's ugliest airplanes, from Henri Mignet's small "Flying Flea" to Andrei Tupolev's giant ANT-20 Maxim Gorky.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: March 09, 2011 at 12:20 pm
The May 2011 Aviation History nominates the 13 ugliest airplanes ever to fly.
Published: March 09, 2011 at 12:19 pm
The May 2011 Aviation History Readers Poll asks readers to discuss the most bizarre aircraft ever to get airborne.
Max Gadney |
Published: February 01, 2011 at 4:06 pm
The Mustang's cutting-edge design took the air war to Germany.
Mark Grimsley |
Published: February 01, 2011 at 4:04 pm
How the Pacific War would change with an American victory.
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