Youth Sets World Record Flying On 16th Birthday
Boeing F2B-1 Free Online Artwork
For the detail freaks out there, download the free William Wylam drawing of the Boeing F2B-1 figherter in keeping with our salute to teh birth of Naval aviation. Click here
Super Flanker: Russia’s SU-35
In February 2001, Flight Journal had a real change-of-pace article, in which Jay Miller took us inside the Sukhoi Su-35 Super Flanker, explaining the strong and weak points of Russia’s most modern fighter. At the same time, lots of serious photography reminded us that Russia is also capable of building beautiful lethal aircraft. This is […]
Curtis Model A of 1909 Free Online Artwork
What are the chances of finding one of William Wylam’s legendary 3-views of an airplane such as the Curtiss Model A, the Navy’s first airplane, at the same time as we’re celebrating a Century of Naval Aviation? Usually, the odds are pretty long, but not when cruising through Air Age’s unbelievable archive. It’s easy to […]
B29 Free Online Artwork
A beautiful three view from the 1940s in the style only a few artists have ever mastered. Truly classic artwork. Click here.
Dangerous Expirements
Col. C. E. “Bud” Anderson survived WW II as a triple ace, but he’ll be first to tell you that his postwar test pilot experiences were far more dangerous than air combat. In this article, he takes you aboard for some test flights that are more than dangerous—they are just plain crazy; for instance, flying […]
I’ve Lost My Rio
Walt Boyne speaks from experience about flying
My first assignment out of flying school was to Castle Air Force Base, with the 330th Bomb Squadron of the 93rd Bomb Group. There in January, 1953 I was introduced to the Boeing B-50D Superfortress. The introduction was a little rough, for the day I arrived, a B-50D from another squadron had gone in, […]
Help needed for WW I HQ restoration
Your help is needed to restore this First Aeronautic Detachment HQ back to its original 1917-1918 state.
Blackbird Mission Over Israel’s Live Battle Fields
Egypt and Syria opened an offensive against Israel, in late ‘ 73, by launching a coordinated series of air, armored and artillery attacks into the Sinai and Golan Heights. The preemptive strike came as a result of a diplomatic failure to resolve territorial disputes. Egypt’s Sadat was convinced he had to initiate a war with […]
