Top 5 Must-See Private & General Aviation Aircraft At The Museum Of Flight
The museum traces its roots back to the Pacific Northwest Aviation Historical Foundation, which was formed in 1965 to restore a 1929 Boeing 80A-1 model. The museum officially took on the name Museum ...
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What Is The Largest Beechcraft Aircraft Created?
Among its wide portfolio of aircraft, the Beechcraft Model 34 Twin ... during the late 1940s and early 1950s – between World War II and the Korean War, an era of rapid post-war advancements ...
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Today in Aviation History: First Broken Arrow Incident
one year after WWII ended. However, with the USA now locked in a Cold War with the Soviet Union, the B-36 could fly further and carry a heavier bombload than any other aircraft in the newly ...
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The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
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Electric Aircraft Developer Doroni Signs Agreements Worth Up to $180M
Its eight vertical electric motors—two each on the aircraft’s four wings—power four in-wing electric ducted fans, allowing it to lift off like a helicopter. Two rear-mounted pusher ...
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Pentagon Flags WWII Plane That Nuked Japan as Woke
in World War II. Thinking individuals will be unsurprised to learn that the Enola Gay was not actually named after the sexual orientation. The plane was named after the mother of its pilot ...
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Service to remember WW2 plane tragedy 80 years on
A service is being held to remember the last German aircraft to be brought down over British soil during World War Two. On 4 March 1945, a German aircraft crashed at Elvington near York killing ...
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U.S. pilot killed in WWII is accounted for 80 years after bomber named "Heaven Can Wait" crashed into ocean
An American pilot killed in World War II has been accounted for 80 years ... Officials said crew members from other aircraft in the formation reported seeing flames shooting out from the bomb ...
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Gil Won-ok, Crusading Victim of Wartime Sex Slavery, Dies at 96
She campaigned for a formal apology and reparations from Japan for what it did to thousands of women like her, mostly Korean, during World War II. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul Gil Won-ok ...
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North Korea appears close to completing its first airborne early warning aircraft
But its aerial surveillance capability is far behind those of its rivals, while most of its fighter jets and other military aircraft are aging. 38 North, a website specializing in North Korea ...
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10 Largest Air Forces In The World, Ranked By Military Aircraft Numbers
The strength of the armed forces, be it the navy or air force, instills a different sort of pride in a nation and its people. A large, disciplined air force is a defining feature of any country ...