“Why has the regulation remained in force for so long despite the lack of solid evidence to support it? Human minds are notoriously overzealous “cause …
Great Article In The Wall Street Journal Asks The Big Questions About Flying. Read More »
There’s a rusty spavined Bell P-59 Airacomet sitting in the museum bone yard at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mohave Desert. The …
The Bell P-59 Airacomet. It Saw Little Action But Taught Us Volumes. Read More »
The British in the late 1950s were in a race along with everyone else to produce the next generation of jet fighters …
The Handley Page 115 Testbed. Read More »
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the surface of the Moon has died. Before he piloted the Lunar Module, Neil Armstrong was …
Neil Alden Armstrong, First Man To Walk On The Surface Of Another Heavenly Body, Dies. Read More »
The Rockwell XFV-12A was a prototype United States Navy fighter built in 1977. On paper, designers thought it would easily be a Mach …
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Lillian Boyer was born on June 16, 1901 in Hooper Nebraska. She died on February 1st 1989 in San Diego. From 1921 to 1929 …
The Amazing Lillian Boyer. Wing Walker. Read More »
It looked kind of cool actually, like a barrel and when you consider that Italians built it in 1932, it’s really really cool. The …
The Caproni-Stipa Ducted Fan. Read More »
It was 1947 when Saab began making almost 300 copies of the pusher/puller dual propellers and twin tail J21 aircraft. Sweden wouldn’t …
In many ways the invention of its designer, Marcel de Bruyere, the De Bruyere C1 is a preview things to come in the future …
The De Bruyere C1. Read More »
An attempt to put into the air a jet fighter without rear horizontal stabilizers. Many felt this was inspired by the Vought F4U Cutlass, certainly …
This is the only open cockpit X plane ever built. Built in 1957, this was one of the first planes to sit horizontally, not on …
A private venture from Canada in the 1960s to create a vertical lift gun platform. While the first prototype crashed, new prototypes were ordered, built …
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The USAF Advanced Medium STOL Aircraft was an attempt to replace the venerable C-130 Hercules transport. Oddly this plane performed very well, but it was …
“The Convair XC-99, 43-52436, was a prototype heavy cargo aircraft built by Convair for the United States Air Force. It was the largest piston-engined land-based …
Convair XC-99 Heavy Lift Prototype 1949 Read More »
Believe it or not, this plane actually flew in 1933. The prototype later crashed and the program was canceled.
