NATURAL-BORN AVIATORS ARE EXTREMELY RARE. Humans aren’t designed to operate in three dimensions, and […]
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The F7U Cutlass: Vought’s Visionary Fighter
To Navy pilots in the early 1950s, the sweptwing F7U Cutlass looked like a fighter of the future, but they soon learned looks can be deceiving.
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FILM RECON Interviews: Brian Cox and Alex von Tunzelmann on “Churchill”
Veteran actor Brian Cox and screenwriter and historian Alex von Tunzelmann spoke to Paraag […]
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Showdowns in MiG Alley
Two wild aerial battles in the fall of 1951 demonstrated that the days of […]
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An ‘Outstanding American Citzen’
Italian immigrant Giuseppe Bellanca pioneered the cabin monoplane design, leading to a long line […]
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GE’s Trailblazing J47
The first American company to develop a jet engine, General Electric went on to […]
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Werewolves of Aachen
In late 1944, as the noose cinched around the Third Reich, the Nazis formed assassination squads to target collaborationists and the Allies alike.
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The Douglas X-3 Stiletto
Intended as a Mach 2 testbed, the underpowered X-plane looked fast but barely broke the sound barrier
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Build Your Own Douglas AC-47 “Spooky” Gunship
Revell of Germany is the only manufacturer to date that has released a 1/48th-scale […]
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The Suicide Club
The pioneering pilots who delivered the U.S. mail in open-cockpit biplanes had one of the world’s most dangerous jobs.