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By Randy Malmstrom Bell P-39Q-15-BE Airacobra, s/n 44-2485. As far as I have determined, this…
By Randy Malmstrom WACO Model UBF-2/U.S. Navy XJW-1, s/n 3692. This particular aircraft was built…
by James Kightly Over 30 years ago, an exceptional airshow took place in Australia. Here…
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Nothing quite compares to seeing one of the world’s most historic planes up close and…
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On February 17, 1956, test pilot…
by Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) We are extremely pleased to announce that James Kightly…
by Moreno Aguiari Ten years have flown by. It seems like only yesterday when I…
by Matt Scales On May 12th, 1945, a P-47 took off for a local flight…
On February 9, 1969, at 11:34 a.m., Boeing Chief Test Pilot Jack Wadell, with Engineering…
by Matt Scales On February 4th, 2023, the U.S. Air Force had an unusual mission,…
by Moreno Aguiari I have a passion for aviation history, much like most of you…
From the Wright brothers’ first flight to the rise of commercial aviation, the history of…
Story by Daniel Garas Naval History and Heritage Command On the morning of Dec. 7,…
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