C-131 Convair Airliners in Naval Service
The once familiar twin-engine Convair 240 airliner, and its many iterations up to the 580 turbo-prop version, were familiar aircraft …
Tanker and Transport Aircraft
The Beloved “Gooney Bird”
The Dec. 17, 1935 maiden flight of the DC-3 at Clover Field in Santa Monica, Calif., did not produce huge …
No More C-17s for the Air Force?
As government prepares for debate in the fall over the fiscal year 2011 defense budget, some observers believe that a …