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Aviation History / Military Aviation
The story of the “Messerspit:” when Germans fitted a Spitfire with a DB 605A, they found it was better than the Merlin Version.
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
The story of the A-12CB, the Oxcart Carrier Based Mach 3 Spy Plane that never was
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
Did you know Luftwaffe Bf 109 pilot Erich Hartmann did not fire until the enemy was as close as 66 feet? How the most successful fighter ace in aviation history scored Air-to-Air Kills.
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Final flight for Swiss Mirage IIIDS HB-RDF, the only privately-operated Mirage IIIDS in the world
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
Here’s why the SR-71 inlets had to be labeled “L” and “R” and why the Blackbird had engine and afterburner fuel control cable pulleys
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
AirLand Battle, the F-16 Vs the A-10, the Aborted A-16 and the story of why the Viper’s CAS Variant failed to replace the Warthog
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
SR-71 pilot Brian Shul, famous for his ground speed check story, passed away while giving a speech about the Blackbird
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The Spitfire Mk.XIV (and not the P-51D) was the best piston-engined fighter of WWII in Europe even according to Adolf Galland. Here’s why.
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Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The Flying Fortress Designer Error: 400 early B-17s crashed on landing because the controls for the Wing Flaps and Landing Gear looked the same And were positioned close to each other.
Aviation History / Cold War Era / MiG Killers
The Fearsome Crusader scored its last MiG Kill against a North Vietnamese MiG-17 pilot that chose to eject when he found his opponent was an F-8 instead of an F-4
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Close Cousins: IAI Lavi versus F-16 Viper
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Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story of Owen J. Baggett, the B-24 Copilot who shot down a Japanese Zero with his Colt .45 while hanging from his open parachute after he bailed out from his stricken Liberator
Aviation History / Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
The story of when a US Navy F-14 Tomcat fired six AIM-54 Phoenix missiles against six different targets simultaneously: the six-on-six missile shot test
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
B-17F “Hell’s Angels” was the first bomber to complete 25 missions in the European Theater. But B-17F “Memphis Belle” was the first to complete 25 missions and RETURN to the US. Here’s why.
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
Boyington Shot Down and the story of the Zero-sen Pilot who claimed to have Shot Down his Corsair that sold its wares at Airshows next to Pappy’s Stall
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / Weapons
No, the F-15 never Attacked Death Star of Star Wars. But the mighty Eagle was the only US aircraft to destroy a machine orbiting Earth. Here’s how.
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