Lockheed L-100: The World's Best Military Cargo Plane Given Classy Civilian Threads
3 Aug 2023, 22:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As the C-130 platform enters its eighth calendar decade in operation, it'd simply be wrong to omit the L-100 from the history books.
Romania Wants To Revitalize Its Air Force With F-35s, They’ll Have To Wait in Line
2 Aug 2023, 20:47 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / the Romanian Air Force is on a mission from the heavens. Or, at least, it feels that way with the kinds of major moves they've been making lately.
Grumman Bearcat: America's Favorite WWII Navy Fighter Made Lighter and Better
29 Jul 2023, 21:18 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Ultimately, the Bearcat's shining moment in U.S. Navy Service came not in combat but with the Blue Angles aerial acrobatic squadron.
Here Are Three Hot Takes on the Sukhoi Su-57, One Might Surprise You
25 Jul 2023, 14:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Today, let's have some fun with a few hot takes about the Su-57. As it turns out, the only felony this jet's committed is theft of our attention.
You Can’t Upgrade the A-10 Warthog To Be Stealthy, but the Renderings Are Still Badass
16 Jul 2023, 03:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / To understand the reason why you can't just modify a legacy warbird to be stealthy, we need to familiarize ourselves with how radar stealth even works.
Honey, I Shrunk the 747: The Story of the Boeing 747SP
13 Jun 2023, 22:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Today, only a handful of 747SPs remain in service with global cargo carriers. So if you look up in the sky one day and see one, know it's very special.
Boeing T7 Red Hawk: The USAF's New Advanced Trainer Jet Stuck in Development Purgatory
8 Jun 2023, 14:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As of June 2023, The Boeing-Saab T-7A's tentative introductory date has been pushed back to February 2025 and not a moment sooner
Fairey Gannet: The Plucky Story of the Ugliest Attack Jet Ever Built
21 May 2023, 00:26 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / While British train stations and city buildings continued the arduous rebuilding process, the Royal Navy's Fairey Gannet took flight for the post-war Royal Navy
Rolls-Royce Completes Testing for the Insanely Powerful UltraFan Aero-Engine Demonstrator
19 May 2023, 13:16 UTC · By: Mircea Mazuru / The UltraFan technology demonstrator is set to change the aerospace industry with record-breaking performance and new levels of efficiency and sustainability
How the Soviet Myasishchev M-50 Caused a Nuclear Bomber Hoax in America
11 May 2023, 14:48 UTC · By: Henry Kelsall / The Myasishchev M-50 was meant to be the Soviet Union's first supersonic bomber, but all it did was become part of a nuclear bomber hoax in the United States
How the Soviet MiG-25 Tricked the United States Regarding Its True Capabilities
5 May 2023, 14:05 UTC · By: Henry Kelsall / The Soviet MiG-25 was a Mach 3 capable interceptor, and the United States believed it to be a lightweight, agile fighter, which was in fact far from the truth.
Merlins Over Jerusalem: How Israel Got Their Hands on Spitfires and Mustangs After WWII
4 May 2023, 21:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The story of how the fledgling Israeli state got its hands on Britain and America's favorite piston fighters is one of long odds and geo-political chess play
How Saab's Viggen Jet Fighter Locked Onto the US SR-71 Blackbird
4 May 2023, 15:10 UTC · By: Henry Kelsall / Saabs 37 Viggen fighter jet remains the only aircraft to ever achieve a successful lock on the fearsome American Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane
Ferrari in the Sky: The Story of the Italian Biplane That Flew Circles Around Spitfires
4 May 2023, 02:22 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In many ways, the CR.42 Falco was the kind of fighter plane that only the Italians could build. It embraced the principles of low curb weight and big power
PZL M-15 Belphegor: The Remarkable Story of the World's Only Jet Engine Crop Duster
30 Apr 2023, 02:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / To understand why a Polish firm would even try fitting a turbofan engine inside a crop duster, we need to understand what living in Poland was like in the 70s.
Douglas A2D Skyshark: The U.S. Navy's Idea of an Engine Swap During the Cold War
28 Apr 2023, 20:57 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Like an old Chevy truck waiting for an LS swap, Douglas employed the Allison Engine Company to supply a turboprop powerplant for what became the A2D program.
Fly By Wire vs Steer By Wire: How Lexus Adapted Fighter Jet Technology for the Road
23 Apr 2023, 23:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In regard to aviation specifically, fly-by-wire controls were historically implemented on cutting-edge designs on the breaking edge of innovation
Why the North American XB-70 Valkyrie Was Always Doomed to Fail
20 Apr 2023, 15:01 UTC · By: Henry Kelsall / The North American XB-70 was supposed to be a game-changing Mach 3 bomber, but the futuristic aircraft was obsolete before it even flew for the first time
Nisus Is a Wingless, Compact Gyroplane That Offers Speed, Safety, and Comfort
18 Apr 2023, 13:38 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub / Nisus is a unique gyroplane design aimed at both recreational and professional flying. It is easy to pilot and offers a 310-mile (500-km) range
The Soviet Tu-144 Was the World's First Supersonic Airliner
4 Apr 2023, 09:10 UTC · By: Henry Kelsall / The Tupolev Tu-144 was the Soviet's answer to Concorde, but a crash at the 1973 Paris Airshow was just one problem that befell the troubled airliner