Aviation History
Howard 500: The Ultimate Piston Bizplane
The Howard 500 was the last production radial-engine passenger transport and the most advanced piston twin ever built
Korean War Figures
Jesse L. Brown: The U.S. Navy’s First Black Aviator
The son of a sharecropper, Mississippi-born Jesse Leeroy Brown would do whatever it took to become a pilot and break the navy's color barrier
Aviation & Spaceflight
The Horten Brothers’ Jet Flying Wing
The never-built Horten Ho-229 has been the subject of more speculation and myths than any other World War II airplane
Vietnam War
Topgun Turns 50
Founded in response to air combat shortcomings during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Navy’s fighter training program continues to turn out elite airmen
Mag: Aviation History Featured
Web Update: Spirit of St. Louis 2 Conducts Successful Taxi Test
The project achieved an important milestone when Ragozzino completed a successful taxi test last October
Mag: Aviation History Hero
Forgotten Casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis
How the shootdown of a U-2 spyplane over Cuba by a Soviet surface-to-air missile nearly led to nuclear war
WWII Battles
Allied Forces’ Fight for Air Superiority in James Holland’s “Big Week”
In the Netherlands, the Allies battle the Luftwaffe for air power just days before D-Day in author James Holland's latest book
World War II
Mitsubishi A6M2
The Japanese Zero was the first carrier-based fighter capable of besting land-based opponents
WWII Figures
Fighter Pilot: Hermann Göring
In 1918 the future Luftwaffe leader and Nazi war criminal was a 22-victory fighter ace and German war hero
