Task & Purpose5 年
This WWII-era flying wing crashed in a California prison yard after doing a ‘barrel roll ...
One of four flying wings originally built in 1944 as test aircraft in support of the XB-35 and YB-35 experimental bombers developed for the U.S. Army Air Forces, the ultra-rare N-9M crashed at the ...
Photos: WW2-era firefighting bomber takes final flight to rest in peace at US museum
The last Martin Mars flying boat, Philippine Mars, has landed in Arizona for permanent display at the Pima Air and Space ...
National Interest on MSN17 天
The CL-945 Flying CARR Was an Airplane That Could Become a Helicopter
Lockheed’s Flying CARR made this concept a reality.” The notion of a fixed-wing airplane that can turn into a rotary-wing aircraft is hardly new. An example of such a platform can be seen in the joint ...
Army Times on MSN10 天
One of the last remaining Tuskegee World War II veterans dies at 100
Harry Stewart Jr. was one of the legendary flying corps’ most decorated pilots during the WWII, having claimed three Nazi ...
Business Insider4 年
The secret WWII mission that had US bombers flying at treetop height deep inside Nazi ...
The B-24 Liberator was the most produced US aircraft of World War II and vital to the Allied victory ... themselves rarely knew where they were flying, what they were carrying, or to whom they ...
New planes at Wings of the North Air Museum in Eden Prairie
The Wings of the North Air Museum on Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie recently announced the temporary addition of two World War II aircraft to its collection. One plane is the B-25 Mitchell ...
Military Times10 天
One of the last remaining Tuskegee World War II veterans dies at 100
Stewart celebrates his “hat trick” after downing three Nazi aircraft ... pilots from the World War II-era 332nd Fighter Group, a segregated all-Black wing of the United States Army Air ...