The restoration of a rare B-17G test-bed is a family affair. At first glance […]
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Octave Chanute and the Symphony of Flight
Octave Chanute conducted from behind the scenes. The letter, dated May 13, 1900, was […]
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June Bug Centennial
Plenty of experiments end in failure, so it’s not surprising very few people actually […]
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Sea Sentinel: The Lockheed P2V Neptune
Lockheed’s P2V Neptune served in Korea and Vietnam, searched for Soviet submarines and even carried nuclear weapons, but today is largely forgotten.
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Flight sim sites offer a host of add-on options
It’s always nice to have a good co-pilot. When you’re a flight sim fan, […]
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Book Review: Come North with Me
Come North with Me by Bernt Balchen Arctic explorer and pilot Bernt Balchen has long […]
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Book Review: Blue Skies, Black Wings
Black Wings: Courageous Stories of African Americans in Aviation and Space History by Von […]
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Red Mule: The Polikarpov Po-2
A bare-bones biplane served as a faithful beast of burden and potent psyops weapon […]
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A Hawk Between Two Wars
Curtiss Hawk biplanes became the classic embodiment of interwar fighter aviation. The classic single-seat […]
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Mystery of the Missing Pilot
An airman who helped find the ‘Lost Battalion’ during World War I gained his […]