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Stearman PT-17/N2S: The Biplane With So Many Lives

The PT-17 Stearman is literally the airplane that has always seemed to just be “there.” Although, it is most often thought of as the school marm that taught a generation of airmen the skills necessary to win a war, she has actually lived three distinct lives and is entering a fourth, from military trainer to […]

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 […]

Stallion 51: Why We Do What We Do

On this Memorial Day, we are honored to share these poignant words from our friends at Stallion 51, explaining why they do what they do. Memories and remembering tie us to the past and often together. As Memorial Day approaches, it is important to remember those who gave so much for the good of […]

Reno Air Races to End

After 60 years of thrilling pylon racing, the Reno Air Racing Association has announced that 2023 will be the final year they will host the iconic National Championship Air Races. Scheduled this year from September 13-17, the races have wowed crowds and introduced racing icons like the P-51s “Voodoo” and “Strega” and F8F “Rare Bear” […]

Aerial Refueling with a Drone

At 12:46 pm CT on the afternoon of June 4, 2021 pilot Lt. William “Krieger” Peabody and naval flight officer Lt. David “Poon” Babka did something no one else had done. They plugged their VX-23 F/A-18F’s refueling probe into a basket trailing from a prototype version of the U.S. Navy’s ground-breaking uncrewed tanker, the Boeing […]

AI Flies Fighter Jet for 17 Hours

As reported by CNET, artificial intelligence recently flew a jet similar to an F-16 for 17 total hours over 12 flights. The series of flights happened in December at Edwards Air Force Base in California, using an experimental plane called the X-62A Vista. The X-62A is an experimental jet based on the F-16. The jet […]

The Last Combat – Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 Wk. Nr. 1342

The Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum’s Bf 109E-3 Wk. Nr. 1342 , piloted by Ross Granley, flies in its original wartime markings as an aircraft of JG 51 during the Battle of Britain in 1940, except for having no individual code number as there is some uncertainty over exactly which number it wore. (Photo […]

A Legendary Sortie

If you were at the 2022 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow, you may have had the chance to see something truly unique early one morning: the rooster crowing to wake you was replaced with the magical rumble of two F7F Tigercats and four P-51 Mustangs, a sortie put together by Lewis Air Legends, Breitling, and AOPA. […]

Early Channel Battles – Spitfires fend off Me 109s

Of all the written accounts by the fighter pilots of the RAF during 1941, two stand out, in my opinion. Both were by pilots who flew Spitfire Mk Vs with 610 Squadron, which by summer 1941 was one of the squadrons under Wing Commander Douglas Bader. “Circuses” were usually composed of six bombers, escorted by […]

Airspeeder Mk. 4 Racing eVTOL

We’ve seen many genres of racing, from the Indy 500 to power boat racing, Reno air racing to motorcycles steeply leaning into curves, and so it may have been inevitable that electric-powered Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) racers would emerge as another facet of advanced air mobility. Designed and built in Adelaide, South Australia, the […]

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