In 1926 a crack team of U.S. Army airmen set out in amphibious biplanes […]
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The Heinkel He-162 was the Luftwaffe’s Wooden Wonder Weapon
Had it been produced in greater numbers, Heinkel’s jet-powered He-162 could have helped the Germans prolong World War II.
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18 Downed in a Day
Luftwaffe ace Bully Lang had several claims to fame in the course of his […]
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Desert Rat Reborn
A rare B-17E is slowly being brought back to life in an Illinois pole […]
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Beechcraft’s Bulldog
Denied its chance for glory, the pugnacious A17FS languished as a “hangar queen” for […]
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Aviation History Briefing- July 2013
Duck Hunt in Greenland On November 29, 1942, a U.S. Coast Guard Grumman J2F-4 […]
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Daily Quiz for June 26, 2017
Lee Harvey Oswald, the Kennedy assassin, served in this branch of the military.
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Daily Quiz for June 25, 2017
The Dow Jones stock index closed above 5,000 for the first time in this year.
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Building Legends: North American F-86 Sabre and the GE J47 Engine
The March 2017 issue of Aviation History magazines tells the tale of two aviation […]