Cessna O-2 Skymaster Aviators Excelled at critical missions.
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Inspired by a Seed, an Austrian Designer Developed a Family of Airplanes—And the First Warplanes
These once ubiquitous airplanes may have looked like birds, but they were plant-based.
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One Week Before This Pioneering Aviator’s Tragic Death, An American Watched Him Work
German inventor Otto Lilienthal had flown more than 2,000 times before his glider failed him.
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That One Time A US Helo Crew Dropped Greased Pigs Onto A Flight Deck
Let’s drop greased pigs onto an aircraft carrier, said this chopper crew. It’ll be fun, they said.
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This Pineapple Magnate Sponsored an Air Race to Hawaii. It Did Not Go Well.
In 1927, newspaper reporters convinced James Dole that an air contest would result in a publicity bonanza for his product. By the time it was over, a dozen people were dead.
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Meet the Soviet Pilot Who Lost Both His Legs But Continued to Fly
The film “The Pilot”
is inspired by Aleksey Petrovich Maresyev.
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WWI-Era Biplane Loses War Against Gravity (Again)
The 1917 model plane was one of six airworthy Jennies left in the world.
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This Beechcraft Airliner Fell Victim to WWII Surplus Aircraft
This twin quad airliner just couldn’t compete.
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This Was Once a Top Secret Fighter. Now You Can See it for Yourself
An F-117 has come in from the cold at a Utah museum.
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Made in Japan, but with an engine by Harley-Davidson
The American company did not know its customer was really the Japanese military.