Flight Technology
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.
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.
Nicholas A. Veronico |
Published: January 18, 2011 at 12:28 pm
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the world's largest airborne observatory, has begun operations, imaging the planet Jupiter and the M82 galaxy.
Published: January 14, 2011 at 10:43 am
The March 2011 Aviation History has articles on the birth of the P-51 Mustang, Jimmy Stewart at war, an airliner collision over the Grand Canyon, American World War I ace Douglas Campbell, Blackbird pilot William Powell, and A-bombing in F-84 Thunderjets
Published: January 14, 2011 at 10:43 am
The March 2011 Aviation History Readers Poll asks readers to discuss the best all-around fighter of World War II.
Published: January 14, 2011 at 10:42 am
Skunk Works Canard
I read Peter Garrison's "Skunk Works Days" article in the January issue about the rapid development of the XP-80 with more than a little interest. As a curator at Seattle's Museum of Flight in the mid-'80s, I …
Published: January 14, 2011 at 10:40 am
The March 2011 Letter From Aviation History discusses Jimmy Stewart's service in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
Richard L. Hayes |
Published: January 14, 2011 at 10:39 am
In the March 2011 issue Jimmy Stewart takes center stage aboard B-24 Liberators in the European Theater.
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