A legendary test pilot brings a long-abandoned TBM back to life.
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“Ekranoplan,” the Soviet Union’s Flying Ships
Russian dreams of gigantic ground-effect planes are dead in the water. The story of […]
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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk: One of WW II’s Most Famous Fighters
Thanks to its sleek looks and its brilliant use by the American Volunteer Group in China, the P-40 was one of World War II’s most famous fighters — but far from the best.
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Controversial Crash of K-14
Was the loss of a patrol blimp off Maine in 1944 the result of […]
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The Last Rocket Pilot
Joe Engle flew everything from Super Sabres to the space shuttle, but it is as an X-15 pilot that he is perhaps best known.
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Jimmy Stewart Goes to Vietnam
WWII Veteran Jimmy Stewart flew his last bombing mission in Vietnam on February 21, 1966, while on Air Force Reserve duty—and it almost ended in disaster.
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Fred Weick’s Innovative W-1
In his quest to build the world’s safest airplane, the designer pioneered several familiar […]
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Supersonic Revolution
American engineers had to solve a number of design problems before the U.S. could exploit supersonic flight.
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One of Hitler’s Top Test Pilots Was a Woman Who Once Flew a Helicopter — Indoors
Hanna Reitsch would set more than 40 records in her lifetime. But she was slow to recognize the ruin into which the Nazis were leading her homeland.
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Cat Tales: Consolidated’s PBY Flying Boat
Consolidated’s rugged PBY set a standard for flying boats and amphibians that will never be eclipsed.