McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo – Piston and Jet Power?
The McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo was a proposed long-range strike fighter and bomber escort that was entered into the Penetration Fighter
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F-16XL – The Crank Wing Experiment
The F-16XL is a derivative of the iconic F-16, and was superior in many aspects to its predecessor despite being
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Fighter Pilot Tailed a Civilian Plane Guilty of Destroying F-16
In March 2022, an Oklahoma Air National Guard crashed an F-16C during a routine exercise. According to the report, a
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North American X-10 – Unmanned Reusable Missile
The North American X-10 was an unmanned experimental aircraft constructed for the top secret Navaho missile program launched by the
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Northrop P-61 Black Widow – A Deadly Bite
One notable development during World War Two was the growing night air war and the development of aircraft for this
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America’s New Stealth Bomber is Here – The B-21 Raider
This will be the very first sixth-generation aircraft and in an effort to get the Raider into the hands of
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243 – Explosive Decompression
The Boeing 737 is arguably one of the safest aircraft ever made. However, accidents do happen as in the case
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Northrop YF-23 – The F-22 Competitor
The Northrop YF-23 was unofficially named the Black Widow II for the stealth configurations it employed in its contest against
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Convair FISH & KINGFISH – The Stealth Parasites
The Convair FISH (First Invisible Super Hustler) was a failed stealth plane that competed with the Lockheed A-12 to become
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Hughes XH-17 Helicopter – The “Flying Crane”
During World War Two, the pace of technological change in military aviation was little short of staggering. another development that
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