The great war 2:18 Guns 3:43 Escaping Tragedy 5:25 Power (and engineering) 6:22 Pilot (Manfred Von Richthofen) 7:05 Range 7:32 Evolution (Speed) 9:31 Faster is Better (The beginning of WWII) 11:13 The ...
Historical records indicate that 2nd Lt. J.T. Lawson and Pvt. Joseph Reade had been practicing tailspins over the newly ...
Fighter planes get a lot of press. Fast, sleek, and impossibly advanced, the image of the knights of the sky dueling to the death in their cockpits is a highly romanticized facet of aerial warfare.
Some of the most capable aircraft ever flown by the U.S. military came with an unspoken cost: extraordinary logistical ...
What's the most iconic airplane in history? Some might say it's the unmistakable pointy-nosed speedster Concorde, or perhaps the World War II superstar that was the innovative Supermarine Spitfire.
With cellphones and cameras in hand, a crowd of enthusiastic people cheered and took photos and video of a Harrier AV-8B landing at Falcon Field, the latest addition to a museum celebrating the ...
Next time you’re eating a sandwich on your holiday flight, pause to think about something. The aircraft type you are flying ...
As Americans look back and remember the men and women who have died in service to the country, volunteers and employees at WestPac Restorations and the National Museum of World War II Aviation see ...
World War I was the laboratory that transformed airplanes from vehicles of limited capability into reliable weapons of war. The “World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation” exhibition highlights both ...
Jettly reports on the evolution of Air Force One, highlighting its role in shaping private aviation standards and ...