Aviation History Reader Poll The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders held their final reunion this past […]
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What constitutes the first manned, powered, controlled, heavier-than-air flight?
Aviation History Reader Poll What constitutes the first manned, powered, controlled, heavier-than-air flight, and […]
Should funding for military flight performances at airshows be restored?
Aviation History Reader Poll The federal budget sequestration has resulted in cutbacks to military […]
Ploesti — The Rest of the Story
The Fifteenth Air Force struggled for four long months to shut off Hitler’s Balkan oil supply near Ploesti.
Germany’s Last Ace – DVD Review
Previously broadcast on Military Channel, this program is based around an interview with Luftwaffe ace Gunther Rall but also follows the career of American pilot Hubert ‘Hub’ Zemke.
Wave-Top Marauder
A faded wartime diary provides a window on the RAF’s risky low-level bombing missions in the Adriatic.
‘Flying Pencil’ Recovery
On August 26, 1940, German Dornier Do-17Zs of Kampfgeschwader 3 on a mission to […]
Can modern aircraft designers mimic the approach used to create the Bell Model 47 helicopter?
Aviation History Reader Poll During the 1940s, the Gardenville Project (story, P. 38) demonstrated […]
Worth the price tag?
Aviation History Reader Poll At an estimated cost of $135 million per airplane, Lockheed […]
Wild Duel: Weasels vs SAMs Over Dong Hoi
During the Vietnam War, the Wild Weasels flew as a protection screen in specially equipped F-105F Thuds into a target area to sweep and destroy surface to air missile (SAM) sites, to protect “strike packages” or a flight of fighters that followed on