Flight Technology
Published: November 04, 2011 at 11:12 am
The January 2012 Letter From Aviation History discusses Jimmy Doolittle, zero-visibility flying, and Air France Flight 447.
Stephen Budiansky |
Published: October 05, 2011 at 8:31 am
Long before any airplanes approached the sound barrier, John Stack was traveling there in his mind.
As a teenager he worked to save enough money for a few hours of flying lessons in a Canuck biplane at an airfield …
Stephen Mauro |
Published: September 16, 2011 at 12:09 pm
The Carolinas Aviation Museum is exhibiting the "Miracle on the Hudson" Airbus A320.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: September 16, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Restoration pro Tom Reilly is restoring the rarest Twin Mustang to survive—the number-two XP-82 prototype.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: September 16, 2011 at 12:08 pm
A team of English modelers have built a 1/6th-scale radio-controlled model of the B-26B Marauder Flak Bait.
Jon Guttman |
Published: September 16, 2011 at 12:08 pm
A World War I aviation theme pervaded the annual Wings & Wheels Extravaganza held July 9-10 at the Golden Age Air Museum in Bethel, Pa.
Published: September 16, 2011 at 12:07 pm
The November 2011 Aviation History has articles on the Marianas Turkey Shoot, Sherman Fairchild, Johnny Alison, the OS2U Kingfisher, aerial adventure novels and EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
Published: September 16, 2011 at 12:06 pm
The November 2011 Aviation History Readers Poll asks readers to discuss what they thought of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year.
Published: September 16, 2011 at 11:54 am
In the November 2011 Mailbag readers discuss the B-29, German ace Hans-Ulrich Rudel, and the first supersonic DC-8 flight.
Published: September 16, 2011 at 11:52 am
The November 2011 Letter From Aviation History discusses three aviation legends in attendance at EAA AirVenture: Burt Rutan, Chuck Yeager and Bob Hoover.
Richard P. Hallion |
Published: September 16, 2011 at 11:43 am
How the late, great Johnny Alison became a U.S. Air Force icon.
Guy Aceto |
Published: September 16, 2011 at 11:42 am
Aviation History photographer Guy Aceto visited Oshkosh and came back with some great photos.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: July 11, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Avspec's P-40C Warhawk is actually a restored Tomahawk, the export version of the plane. It was recovered as a wreck in northern Russia.
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.
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