During an impromptu flight to the Russian Front, the Führer was forced to forgo […]
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‘Be Quick, Be Quiet and Be on Time’
Lockheed genius Kelly Johnson’s words summed up the philosophy behind several of history’s most […]
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Death of a Quiet Birdman
Test pilot Stanley Beltz flew nearly everything Lockheed produced in the decade following World […]
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The F-108: Valkyrie’s Little Brother
Soaring development costs and evolving air defense requirements killed North American’s innovative F-108 Rapier before it got off the ground.
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Rare Jenny Takes Wing
A 1917 Curtiss JN-4D is the centerpiece of an Oregon museum’s collection of flying […]
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A Peruvian Conquers the Alps in 1910
In his last months, before Jorge Chávez died in September 1910, he made headlines […]
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Aviation History Briefing- September 2010
B-25s Gather at Doolittle Raiders Reunion On April 18, 68 years after the Doolittle […]
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Wartime Sisterhood of Secrets
America counted on bright young women to break Axis codes DURING WORLD WAR II, […]
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Elizebeth Friedman: Hidden Heroine
A female American code breaker helped win both world wars but J. Edgar Hoover […]
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This Is What a Jet Fighter Should Look Like
Lockheed’s XF-90 embodied the rakish appearance of an early jet fighter, but its sleek […]