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Multinational Hurricane: Phil Lawton’s Hawker fighter
Originally built in Canada, Phil Lawton’s Hawker fighter incorporates backstories from Britain, the USSR, […]
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Buffalo, We Have a Problem
A routine factory check flight for a new transport turned into a seven-hour ordeal […]
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STOL Testbed
Ryan Aeronautical’s Vertiplane used thrust directed downward by huge wide-span flaps to achieve near-vertical […]
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Propulsive Force
One horsepower versus 32 million horsepower. That’s the difference between the power generated by […]
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The 10 Greatest Emergency Landings
‘Ever since the beginning of flight, pilots have been taught to keep in some […]
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The Spectacular Combat Career of America’s Ace of Aces: Richard Ira Bong
Richard Ira Bong shot down 40 Japanese aircraft and “ruled the air from New Guinea to the Philippines” on his way to becoming America’s Ace of Aces.
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Jack Northrop’s “Flying Ram”
Jack Northrop’s XP-79B jet fighter looked unusual, but its method of attack was even more bizarre.
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Over the Hump
In 1942, the U.S. Army Air Forces’ brand-new Air Transport Command began running the […]
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Mystery Ship: November 2016
Kouns-Craft “Dirigible Helicopter” “East is East and West is West, and never the twain […]