Germany tried to develop airplanes capable of bombing the United States, but they couldn’t go the distance.
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Northrop’s Norwegian Floatplane Faced the Nazi Invasion
Built to defend Norway’s fjords, the N-3PB ended up flying maritime missions out of Iceland after the Nazi invasion.
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Milestones: Da Vinci’s Ornithopter Dream Realized
When University of Toronto engineering students recently demonstrated a man-powered ornithopter, they joined a […]
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Britain’s Big Bumble
The British Aircraft Corporation spent billions developing the TSR-2 for a multi-role mission that […]
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Restored: Pima’s Peacemaker
Transporting and restoring a mammoth B-36J called for special equipment—and ingenuity. It Air and […]
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Republic’s Fleeting Masterpiece: The Stunning XF-12 Rainbow
Despite its sleek lines and unparalleled performance, there would be no pot of gold at the end of this Rainbow.
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Airware: HAWX 2 and Arma II
Two new games envision next-generation warfare. The recent flight tests of a Chinese stealth […]
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Book Review: The Origin of the Fighter Aircraft
The Origin of the Fighter Aircraft by Jon Guttman, Westholme, Yardley, Pa., 2009, $26. No […]
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Ambush by the China Blitzers
A handful of American pilots in war-weary P-40s took on 32 Zeros over Nanning, […]
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Tail-Sitters
What goes up must come down, and therein lay the problem with these vertical […]