Vintage aircraft

The amount that has been spent on aircraft projects that have been cancelled is colossal. In assembling this list I’ve been surprised a few times: the Bristol Brabazon didn’t make it, y…

I'm in Albuquerque getting ready to turn in for the evening! It's only 9 pm here, but I have to be up and out by 4:30 am in order to get to the airport in time for my flight. I'm already checked in, so all I have to do is make a wild dash to the Gate! Sounds easy enough, huh? Touch down in Richmond is about 1:38 pm, so I'll be able to rest up for my next great adventure. I worked late last night in the hope of living early today, but somehow I had to make just one more call, then one more…

When brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright built and flew the first fully practical airplane, they probably couldn't imagine how far we'd take it.

Abraham Lincoln noted that America will never be destroyed from the outside. Likewise the most serious threats to the US aircraft industry have always come from within, as demonstrated by the follo…

Image Size: 29.25″ x 19.5″ Paper Size: 35″ x 24″ Early on the morning of June 4, 1942, the Japanese Combined Fleet, with four aircraft carriers, was approaching Midway Island in the Central Pacific with the intention of seizing the island. They expected to surprise the Allied base, but due to a broken Japanese code the Allies had advance warning, and sent every available bomber in Hawaii to Midway’s defense. Among this eclectic mix were four B-26 Martin Marauder fast medium bombers, now…

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On 15 July 1942, poor weather and limited visibility forced six P-38 fighters and two B-17 bombers to return to Greenland while they were en route to the

The crash that happened on Wednesday that killed 7 people is still being investigated and many questions are being raised about vintage aircraft rides. This came after the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing, and veered to the right and impacted a de-icing facility. TIME has recently