What Might Have Been: F-20 Tigershark
When test pilot Russ Scott took off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. on Aug. 30, 1982, he was making …
When test pilot Russ Scott took off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. on Aug. 30, 1982, he was making …
In 1941, Friedrich von Doblhoff (1916-2000) a junior engineer at Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke (Vienna-Neustadt Aircraft Factory, which assembled Bf 109 …
“If anything can go wrong, it will.”
That’s one of the most familiar quotes in engineering, science and military affairs. …
Quick: can you name the American fighter plane built in the largest numbers?
With a wingspan of just under 41 …
Ascender was the official name given to the Curtiss XP-55 experimental fighter. But American troops, with their inimitable wit, can’t …
The days of World War II-surplus fighters and bombers being sold for a few hundred dollars or less are nearly …
The aphorism not to judge a book by its cover has never been more true than with The German Aces …
For the German Navy, facing war without its own aircraft carriers, the helicopter seemed promising as an observation platform and …
During Wayne Vansant’s prolific career writing and illustrating graphic histories, he has covered the Civil War, World War II, the …
Books on the World War II air war and books on the P-51 Mustang are not hard to find. The …