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Published on May 12, 2013 It was clear day, VFR and with smooth seas when LTJG Robert “Rocket” Rabuse and his B/N, ENS Al Hux, USN, circled the USS Lexington
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Published on May 12, 2013 It was clear day, VFR and with smooth seas when LTJG Robert “Rocket” Rabuse and his B/N, ENS Al Hux, USN, circled the USS Lexington
Published on May 10, 2013 When Ernest Failloubaz climbed into the aeroplane, he had never flown before in his life. Further, he had no flight instructor, nor was one available
Published on May 9, 2013 By Thomas Van Hare “I achieved my greatest victory on May 9, 1918. For some time, I longed for a triumph in a single 24
Published on May 8, 2013 The plane was purpose-built for the flight, extensively modified from a proven design of the Levasseur PL4 reconnaissance seaplane and redesignated as the Levasseur PL.8.
Published on May 7, 2013 By Guy Ellis, Guest Contributor The radar operator on the Bristol Beaufighter, Sergeant Rawnsley, focused on the AI — his only picture of the surrounding
Published on May 6, 2013 By Guy Ellis, Guest Contributor King George VI stood in the darkened “Starlights” caravan behind Squadron Leader Brown. Together, they peered down at what seemed
This Week’s Hints to help you along: For the darkness of night, a shadow falls across the Moon. There might be a good clue in the tail design. This came
Published on May 4, 2013 The key challenges of air racing are ones of weight, profile, horsepower and aerodynamic streamlining. In 1927, at the height of the international competition in
Published on May 3, 2013 The commanding general of the Alaskan Air Command, Major General William D. Old, USAF, squared off in front of his new Special Projects Officer, Lt.
Published on May 2, 2013 By extraordinary luck, that one SA-2 missile fired by Voronov’s SA-2 missile battery tracked true. It exploded in the wake of the American U-2C spy
Published on May 1, 2013 It was May Day in 1960, 53 years ago today in aviation history when the Soviets celebrated their national holiday. Military parades marched through Moscow’s
Published on April 29, 2013 Brig. Gen. Vladimir Kokkinaki and his copilot, Major Mikhail Kh. Gordienko, had set out from Moscow on April 28, 1939, in the Russian prototype Ilyushin
Published on April 28, 2013 The Flight Data Recorder, most would say, traces its lineage to the first efforts of two Frenchmen, François Hussenot and Paul Beaudouin, who created their
Published on April 27, 2013 Since 1911, the Pommery Cup prize had been standing, a twice yearly competition with a large prize of 7,500 francs given each six months until the
Published on April 26, 2013 From the first minutes with the launch Operation Rügen, the bombs began to rain down indiscriminately on the small Basque town of Guernica. No effort
Published on April 25, 2013 Belgium’s top balloon-busting ace, Willy Coppens, would drop down from on high, his Hanriot HD-1 fighter plane swooping in toward his favorite target — a
Published on April 24, 2013 At the end of the war, the US Army Air Forces made surplus a wide range of aircraft. Among the most prominent were the Douglas
Published on April 23, 2013 When Ensign Marion F. Jackson, Jr., USNR, and Aviation Machinist’s Mate 1c Willis D. Atchison, USN, took off that day from their temporary base at
Published on April 22, 2013 Damer Leslie Allen and Denys Corbett Wilson were two Irishmen who were among the first pilots in the early days of aviation. In 1912, both
This Week’s Hints to help you along: Just whose roundel insignia is that — French, British, something else? Are those Americans in uniform walking around the plane? Developed for very
Published on April 21, 2013 The news reports carried word of a flight across the Arctic that had departed nearly a week earlier, on April 15 and 16, 1928. Five
Published on April 20, 2013 It was ninety-nine years ago that the second Schneider Cup seaplane races were held off the shores of Monaco. The year before, Marcel Prévost had
Published on April 19, 2013 Maurice Chevillard was a French aviator who passed some time in 1913 in England. Others were content in easing their uncertain machines around the aerodrome,
Published on April 18, 2013 Seventy one years ago today in aviation history, on April 18, 1942, sixteen B-25B Mitchell bombers, each with a five man crew, took off from
Published on April 17, 2013 IIt was 100 years ago this week that a detailed report was published regarding two episodes where hapless aviators had found themselves, by trick of
Published on April 16, 2013 Harriet Quimby’s flight had been carefully planned. The challenge was nothing less than matching the famous flight of Louis Blériot from 1909 by taking a
Published on April 15, 2013 By Thomas Van Hare “Deep Sea 129”, the code name for a US Navy reconnaissance flight, took off from the Naval Air Station at Atsugi,
This Week’s Hints to help you along: Designed specifically for ground attack, yet a triplane! The personnel look quite lax — yet is it from the interwar period? A single
Published on April 14, 2013 By Thomas Van Hare When he entered the Link Trainer room, he saw that there were ten of the machines neatly lined up to either
Published on April 13, 2013 Against all odds, their plane had made it across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to North America. The flight was an aviation first that happened
Published on April 12, 2013 When Bill Lancaster took off from Reggane, Algeria, ahead of him was the empty expanse of the Sahara desert. Having risked it all in an
Published on April 11, 2013 Today in aviation history, on the evening of April 11, 1955, precisely five hours into its flight to Jakarta, Indonesia, the chartered Air India Lockheed
Published on April 10, 2013 The Arado Ar 234B-1 streaked overhead at high altitude, beyond the reach of Allied interceptors. Its sleek lines and twin jet engines gave it speeds
Published on Mr. Slack Crosses the Channel. ACCOMPANIED by his little son, Mr. Robert Slack, on the 27th ult., flew across the channel from Dover to Calais on his Blériot
Published on April 9, 2013 One hundred years ago in aviation history, on this date, British aviators were reading about the latest prize offerings from the Daily Mail, a newspaper
Published on April 8, 2013 Mario de Bernardi was the epitome of the Italian aviator, dashing, smiling, confident and — above all — daringly fast. Born in the small town
This Week’s Hints to help you along: A fat, pudgy, shortened, cartoonish design from Germany. Certainly unique, in all respects — only one was built! It flew, though not well;
Published on April 7, 2013 French and British Planes in Collision in a Fog — Six are Dead and One Dying. PARIS, April 7 — The Goliath airplane belonging to
Published on April 6, 2013 Some time ago, while reviewing aviation postcards from the 1930s and 1940s, we came across a curious set of Japanese New Year’s holiday cards labelled
Published on April 5, 2013 The challenges of rebuilding an early era aircraft are extraordinary. The few that remain in flying condition today are rarely flown at all. Some builders