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More Little Lambs – Baa Baa Black Sheep Revisited by Stephen Chapis Back in 2013, Warbird Digest #49 published my article Poor Little Lambs, which detailed the histories of the eight Corsairs which appeared […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 21, 1964, the first prototype North American Aviation XB-70A-1-NA Valkyrie, serial number 62-0001, flown by Chief Test Pilot Alvin S. White and Colonel Joseph […]
by Stephen Chapis Over the past several months we have featured several recent examples of heritage and commemorative paint schemes applied to currently serving U.S. military aircraft; a pleasing renaissance of such schemes, especially in […]
On September 14 1939 at Stratford, Connecticut, Igor Sikorsky made the first tethered flight of the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 prototype helicopter. The duration of the flight was just 10 seconds but demonstrated that the helicopter could […]
For those of us old enough to properly remember this day 20 years ago, it left an indelible scar that will likely remain with us for the rest of our lives… It’s still not an […]
Since his other posts received such a warm welcome, we thought our readers might enjoy another warbird profile from our good friend Randy Malmstrom. As we mentioned before, Randy has long held a passion for aviation […]
On September 9, 1072, Captain Charles Barbin DeBellevue, United States Air Force, a Weapons System Officer flying on F-4D and F-4E Phantom II fighters, became the high-scoring American Ace of the Vietnam War when he and his […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 4 1922 First Lieutenant James H. (“Jimmy”) Doolittle, Air Service, United States Army, made the first transcontinental crossing of the United States in a single day when he […]
Who among us hasn’t entertained the idea of owning a former WWII airfield, complete with hangars and original barracks? Well, now is your chance… so long as you can pony up the roughly CAN$15 million […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 1, 1974, Major James V. Sullivan, USAF, Pilot and Major Noel F. Widdifield, USAF, Reconnaissance Systems Officer, set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World […]
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