Bombshell: Boeing CEO To Resign in Disgrace After 737 MAX Debacle
25 Mar 2024, 19:10 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / "As you all know, the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 accident was a watershed moment for Boeing," Calhoun declared in an official press statement.
Chiron in the Sky: The Tragically Spectacular Story of the Bugatti Model 100
2 Mar 2024, 16:22 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / After three decades of success in Grand Prix racing and building luxury grand touring cars, Ettore Bugatti was ready to bring his talents to aviation.
Not Flashy, Not Stylish, This Taylorcraft DCO-65 Is an Affordable Warbird Lookalike
25 Feb 2024, 18:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As a member of Taylorcraft's much beloved Model D line, this airplane is at least blood-related to genuine warbirds from World War II
GAMI G100UL Lead-Free Avgas Starts Trials in California, Costs More Than the Normal Stuff
13 Feb 2024, 05:32 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Based out of the little town of Ada, Oklahoma, GAMI, as they're often referred to, is preparing to roll out an all-new formula for aviation fuel.
Remember When an F-15 Outpaced the Saturn V Rocket Just To Beat a Soviet MiG-25
11 Feb 2024, 23:39 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The F-15 Streak Eagle was a purpose-prepared aircraft that broke eight time-to-altitude records in 17 days (five of them in a single day)
Straight Outa Nanchang: This Chinese CJ-6A Air Force Trainer Has Made Its Way to the West
23 Jan 2024, 20:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Though it might look like a plane straight out of the Pacific theater of World War II, the CJ-6 wasn't introduced to trainer service until 1960.
Hill's HX50 Personal Helicopter Is Finally Here! Take a Look at the Wonder They Pulled Off
29 Dec 2023, 20:45 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / Hill's new personal helicopter is hot, and since a prototype is finally completed, we dive deeper to see what's in store for around $760K
Curtiss P-60: How the Iconic P-40 Warhawk’s Last Gasp at Relevance Ended in Failure
20 Dec 2023, 22:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This is the story of the Curtiss P-60, a Warhawk's airframe given a liberal dose of upgrades and modifications to try and extend its service life indefinitely.
Embraer E-Jet: The Brazilian Narrow-Body Airliners That Made Boing and Airbus Sweat
15 Nov 2023, 14:06 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The story of the Embraer E-Jet family is one of a perpetual underdog. One of Brazilian national pride that'd go on to define South America's largest economy.
This ’44 Beech D-17S Staggerwing Is the Ancestor of All Modern Private Jets, It’s for Sale
13 Nov 2023, 20:35 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Today, this D17 looks this fantastic thanks to a full engine-out restoration by Rare Aircraft Ltd in Faribault, Minnesota.
Sierra Space Completes Construction of Dream Chaser Tenacity, First Launch Due Next April
6 Nov 2023, 16:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Should all go according to schedule, Dream Chaser Tenacity is due to launch its first orbital test flight to the ISS out of Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida.
Avro Canada Jetliner: How the World's First Jet Airliner Almost Came From Ontario
31 Oct 2023, 03:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Had it not been for the demise of the CF-105 Arrow the C102 Jetliner would have been the greatest missed opportunity in Canadian aviation history.
T-28 Trojan: The American Trainer Plane That Could Outclimb a Mustang
27 Oct 2023, 17:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Thanks to its antiquated and relatively easy-to-maintain engine, operating costs for a T-28 are far lower than newer turboprop military trainers.
This Avro Anson Once Hunted German Submarines for the RAF, Now It's for Sale
24 Oct 2023, 17:47 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / First flown in 1935 and designed by Avro's chief engineer Roy Chadwick, the Anson didn't serve nearly as glamorous of a role in the RAF as a Spitfire.
Airbus A340: The Story of the Wimpiest Quad-Jet in the History of Aviation
24 Oct 2023, 00:02 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The story of the A340 is one rooted in the larger history of Airbus itself, and the decades long crusade to stick it to the airliner aristocracy.
Blackbird on Steroids: How the Convair Kingfish Was Almost a Better, Faster SR-71
14 Oct 2023, 22:01 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In the timeline where the U.S. Air Force and the CIA picked the Convair Kingfish over Lockheed's A-12/SR-71 program, they would've had an even crazier jet.
B-50 Superfortress: The Cold War U.S. Air Force's Idea of a Hot Rod Bomber
13 Oct 2023, 00:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Today, only five of the 370 B-50 airframes produced survive. Including one at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.
This Focke-Wulf Fw 190A Terrorized Allied Bomber Pilots, Now It's for Sale
2 Oct 2023, 23:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Would you love to fly around all day in a German icon of World War II powered by a freakin Soviet engine? Or would you rather own a Mustang?
I Hate to Admit It, But It's Time For the A-10 Warthog to Retire
29 Sep 2023, 16:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / To understand why the U.S. Air Force and the Pentagon might be ready to change their attitude towards the A-10, we need to go back to the program's beginning.
Culver PQ-14 Cadet: The WWII Target Drone Too Pretty to Shoot Down
25 Sep 2023, 01:57 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It took a little digging to tell the full story behind the PQ-14. But falls back to a little-remembered maverick of aviation's late pioneer era named Al Mooney.