Aircraft
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.
HistoryNet |
Published: April 13, 2011 at 5:09 pm
In a live Webcast Dr. Mark Bowles discusses his book 'Apollo of Aeronautics,' about how a group of NASA scientists tackled the 1970s' fuel crisis by developing new technologies with the potential to cut aircraft fuel consumption by 50 percent!
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.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: March 16, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Two Russian MiG-29s have recently flown in private hands in the U.S.
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.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: January 24, 2011 at 12:24 pm
Ex-Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen has restored a Focke-Wulf Fw-190A complete with an original, extremely rare BMW 801 radial engine.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: January 24, 2011 at 12:24 pm
Second Lieutenant Kenneth Hindersinn's P-57D Thunderbolt has been recovered by a farmer near St. Mère-Eglise in Normandy.
Stephen Mauro |
Published: January 24, 2011 at 12:23 pm
A P-39 Lend-Lease fighter discovered in a Russian lake is being restored at its birthplace—the former Bell Aircraft plant, now part of Niagara Falls International Airport in New York.
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