The U.S. aircraft industry experienced huge growth during World War II. Moreover, its achievements, some claim, were as important to Allied victory as the military successes on the battlefield. American industry was fortunate in that it could operate without threat of air bombardment or other military damage to factories and without shortages of critical materials. And the industry used those advantages fully. […]
When World War II grew in scope and intensity, the military wanted some cheap light planes which could be fitted with remote controls for use as target drones, to train aerial and anti-aircraft gunners – but which could hold a pilot for ferrying and other flights. […]
As aviation enthusiasts, we all seem to have our own favorite aircraft. I know that I have my own all-star collection, at least in my mind. Usually it is because of some marvelous combination of form and function, or emotional attachment due to various personal reasons. […]
Aviation history facts and events from the month of March […]
MONOCOUPES: A TWIN AND A DART […]
Twelve O’Clock High is a 1949 war film about crews of the United States Army’s Eighth Air Force who flew daylight bombing missions against Nazi Germany and occupied France during the early days of American involvement in World War II. […]
If residents of Western Nevada had looked high up in the sky on the morning of Oct. 24, 1968, they might have seen the sun glinting off the fuselage of a silver, eight-engine NB-52A Stratofortress as it made a graceful turn over Smith Ranch Dry Lake. […]
Each year in February, the country recognizes African American History Month to highlight the struggles and triumphs of millions of American citizens during some of the most devastating obstacles in the nation’s history … slavery, prejudice, poverty … and looks at their contributions to the nation’s cultural and political life. […]
In 1929, restless young Al arrived to attempt starting a company of his own in Wichita, Kansas, the “Air Capital City” – already home to several plane manufacturers – and 1929’s largest civilian plane maker, Walter Beech’s Travel Air. […]
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (born July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio) is a former astronaut who became the third person and first American to orbit the Earth, and later, United States Senator. […]
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