Dark Footage. 1950s U.S. Army Aircraft Defied Gravity - And Nearly History Too. Posted: June 16, 2025 | Last updated: June 16, 2025. The Vertol Model 76, better known as the VZ-2, had a peculiar ...

Aircraft engines have evolved dramatically since the first turbojets of the 1950s. From the de Havilland Comet’s early powerplants to the ultra-efficient turbofans powering today’s Boeing 777s and ...

The 1950s was the decade of the test pilot and the experimental aircraft, as aviation technology turned to the jet engine and pushed its limits in both speed and endurance. With the world divided ...

Beginning in the late 1950s, former-USAF F-89s were transferred to the Air National Guard—without the nuclear weapons—and the last of those was retired in July 1969.

When Lockheed designed the C-130 Hercules in the 1950s, a company engineer, Kelly Johnson, said they’d be lucky to sell a hundred. Out on the tarmac in Marietta, Georgia, Lockheed Martin’s ...

The U-2 was a high-altitude spy plane that flew at 70,000 feet, out of the range of anti-aircraft guns in the 1950s. Its unconventional design, altitude, and speed may have contributed to some UFO ...

In the late 1940s, the idea of creating an airplane specifically geared toward the agricultural market began to grow. The first such plane, the AG-1, was built at the Texas A&M Aircraft Research ...

The Army hovercraft traces its roots to the 1950s. Sections. ... The Hiller Aircraft Story” by Jay Spenser. “Retired after several years of use, the historic first example ...

The MiG-17 wasn't the only aircraft developed in the early 1950s to fly in Vietnam. Republic Aviation's F-105 Thunderchief emerged as a supersonic fighter bomber meant to replace the F-84F ...

C-130 aircraft designed in the 1950s still delivers. The hercules is bulky C-130 cargo plane whose design has survived tech advances and budget cuts for 60 years.