Airborne Operations
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: September 22, 2010 at 10:50 am
The November 2010 Aviation History features 10 aircraft that took incredible skill and fortitude to fly.
Published: July 26, 2010 at 11:33 am
The September 2010 Aviation History has article on Lockheed engineer Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, the SR-71's record-breaking flight from London to L.A., Adolf Hitler's personal fleet, Curtiss advertisements, the 10th Photoreconaissance Group and the Vickers Vulture amphibian.
Warren E. Thompson |
Published: July 26, 2010 at 11:28 am
On September 13, 1974, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird set a world speed record that remains standing today.
Published: July 26, 2010 at 11:27 am
The September 2010 Letter From Aviation History discusses the Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird, engineer Kelly Johnson, and the Udvar-Hazy Center.
Stephen Budiansky |
Published: June 01, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Arthur Coningham may have been Australian, but his core principles of air-ground coordination still guide the U.S. Army today.
Richard R. Muller |
Published: June 01, 2010 at 11:47 am
Barrett Tillman's book offers an impressive 360-degree look at the 1944-45 air offensive.
Mark Grimsley |
Published: April 12, 2010 at 11:01 am
Most “what if” scenarios begin with a plausible rewrite of a historical event; the bombing of Auschwitz does not. As the historical record makes clear, those who could have authorized the attack firmly rejected the idea.
Derek O'Connor |
Published: March 16, 2010 at 3:40 pm
The Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden in England preserves an invaluable array of vintage RAF airplanes.
Published: March 16, 2010 at 3:32 pm
The May 2010 Aviation History Reader's Poll asks readers to discuss General Curtis LeMay's strategy to firebomb Japanese cities into submission.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: March 15, 2010 at 6:25 pm
We often call amphibious operations the most complex of all military undertakings, but carrying out an airborne assault may be even more difficult.
Published: February 24, 2010 at 10:02 am
Readers debate the identity of a German paratrooper featured on the cover of MHQ's Winter 2010 issue and the circumstances under which he was photographed.
Walter J. Boyne |
Published: January 08, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Aviation History's Top 10 Best Aviation Movies include Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines, Hell's Angels, The Dam Busters, and The Bridges at Toko-Ri; the Top 10 Worst include Top Gun, Snakes on a Plane, and Pearl Harbor.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: December 02, 2009 at 9:05 pm
The Germans' 1941 Operation Mercury was a bold plan to drop thousands of Fallschirmjäger on to Crete's three airports, taking them by surprise; then airlift in regular troops to mop up—the first invasion carried out almost entirely by air. But its human cost was far too high.
Published: November 10, 2009 at 1:24 pm
The January 2010 Aviation History has articles on Amelia Earhart, James Fitzmaurice, the Supermarine Seafire, America's Lend-Lease airplanes and Pearl Harbor.
Published: November 10, 2009 at 1:17 pm
The January 2010 Aviation History reader's poll asks readers to discuss America's best World War II Lend-Lease fighter.
Published: November 10, 2009 at 1:16 pm
The January 2010 Letter From Aviation History discussing Amelia Earhart, including attempts to re-create her round-the-globe flight and archeological expeditions to gain clues into her disappearance.
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