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BELL Invictus

The Invictus has a low-drag tandem cockpit that optimizes pilot field of view with full pilot functionality from either seat. The lift-sharing wing relieves rotor-lift demand, suppressing retreating blade stall, for increased speed. The Invictus features retractable weapons and the helicopter control system includes fly-by-wire options. The high-performance rotor blades are designed for high speed, […]

China’s Latest Fighter Concept

The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has revealed a rendering of a concept design for China’s next fighter. The tailless design appeared in a 31 January video released by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd (AVIC)’s WeChat channel, and shows a somewhat puzzling configuration with mixed-and-matched features. The tailless delta planform appears to […]

The Last Boeing 747 Leaves the Factory

More than a half-century ago, Boeing unveiled the 747, a massive aircraft that brought air travel to the masses. Nicknamed the “Queen of the Skies,” it may be the most widely recognized commercial airplane in the world. “It’s one of the great ones,” said Shea Oakley, who runs an aviation history consulting firm and is […]

Evolution of the Breed – The Curtiss P-40

By the early 1930s, the Army Air Corps was no longer interested in the “ancient technology” of biplane fighters. For a very short while, the Army Air Corp thought they had the ultimate fighter on their hands. The P-40 was sleek and fast and carried an assortment of machine guns above its nose and in […]

The new generation of warbird pilots, restorers & mechanics

Science-fiction writer and aeronautical engineer Robert Heinlein famously said, “A generation which ignores history has no past—and no future.” Warbird aircraft have been a part of American life since airplanes were adapted for warfare during World War I. Almost immediately afterward, the newly-surplus “war birds” that a few years before had served as fighters, bombers […]

Flying for “Devotion”

Arctic cold invaded Jesse Brown’s cockpit as he desperately looked for a place to land his F4U-4 Corsair in the snow-covered mountains of North Korea, near the Chosin Reservoir. It was early December 1950. More than 120,000 Chinese troops had crossed into North Korea and encircled 30,000 troops from the U.S. Marine Corps’ 1st Division, […]

10 Facts about the B-21 Raider

Named in honor of the Doolittle Raid of World War II, Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider was unveiled December 2, 2022 in Palmdale, Calif., marking the first time the world’s first sixth-generation aircraft was seen by the public. When delivered to the Air Force, the B-21 will join the nation’s strategic triad as a visible and […]

Craig Hutain, Gifted Warbird Pilot

We at Flight Journal were saddened to hear the news about Craig Hutain, who lost his life in the Wings Over Dallas airshow crash. A pilot for “Tora, Tora, Tora!” air shows, Hutain was an icon in the WW II warbird community and had more than 34,000 flight hours in over 100 aircraft types. Hutain […]

A-10 Warthog in the Cockpit [VIDEO]

Take a ride in an A-10 Warthog with an Air Force pilot taking a practice run.

DeHavilland DH84 Dragon

Many British and Commonwealth air routes were established by airlines using de Havilland’s 6-passenger seat, twin-engine biplane, the DH84 Dragon. The Dragon’s first flight (November 1932) pre-dated the better-known DH89 Dragon Rapide (or Dominie in military service) by two years, although both aircraft made their maiden flights at the DH airfield of Stag Lane in […]

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