Aviation History
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
The World’s high-time F-16 pilot: Rather than move up ranking ladder, he just wanted to fly
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
The Iconic F4U Corsair was Plagued by Troubles as carrier aircraft yet became Primary USMC Fighter during WWII
Aviation History / Military Aviation
“Things don’t look rosy for our big cities:” Luftwaffe’s leadership on B-17 after their first encounter with captured Flying Fortress
Aviation History / Military Aviation
F-16 Vs MiG-29: First Viper pilots to engage MiG-29 in mock air combats tell what it’s like to dogfight against Fulcrum
Aviation History / Military Aviation
When de Havilland persuaded a farmer to take down a fence so Mosquito second prototype could fly
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
A captured Luftwaffe Fw 190 led to the development of the Spitfire Mk IX, the best close-in fighter of WWII
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Aviation History / Helicopters / Military Aviation
USAF avionics technician explains why USMC didn’t use the Apache and Black Hawk helicopters
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The day Allied POWs at Stalag Luft III saw a Me 262 flying above camp were so shocked they feared Germany could still win World War II
Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The B-29 remote controlled turrets were worse than B-17 and B-24 manned turrets in protecting the aircraft from enemy fighters
Aviation History / Civil Aviation
DH. 106 Comet Vs Boeing 707 Vs Douglas DC-8: The quest for the best early Jetliner
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Naval Warfare
USS Wainwright CO tells why CIWS failed to shoot down the Harpoon missile fired by Iranians at his ship during Operation Praying Mantis
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Navy NFO tells why although the port inboard stabilizer on the E-2/C-2 doesn’t have a movable rudder both aircraft have four stabilizers and not three
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Göring asked German engineers to build the Mosquito after ‘The Wooden Wonder’ attacked Berlin on 10th anniversary of the Nazi Party
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
Boyington Shot Down and the Zero-sen Pilot who claimed to have Shot Down his Corsair that sold its wares at Airshows next to Pappy’s Stall
Aviation History / Military Aviation
USMC F4F ace pilot tells why fighting A6M2-N “Rufe” float-planes was a real challenge
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
On D-Day a C-47 with fuselage windows melted, flying on one engine towed a glider to its LZ so that it would not sink in the water. The C-47 crash landed and its crew survived.
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
Unique video shows Spitfire WWII fighters low-level run through Mach Loop
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