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.
This 80 Percent Scale Supermarine Spitfire Replica Has 100 Percent of the Charm
21 Sep 2023, 19:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / nder the hood of this bird sits a General Motors-Isuzu V6 with an added supercharger to bring the power output up to 252 hp.
50 Years Ago Today, Concorde Made its Triumphant First U.S. Appearance at DFW Airport
20 Sep 2023, 18:22 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Europe's novel supersonic hyper-airliner didn't plant its flag at New York's JFK or Los Angeles' LAX, But rather Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
This LTV A-7E Corsair II is the World's Coolest Lawn Ornament, Now for Sale
8 Sep 2023, 20:35 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Though undoubtedly never taking to the air ever again, the asking price of $50,000 is a small one to pay for an eccentric millionaire
Convair ConVairCar: The Adorable Flying Car From the Team That Gave Us the B-36 Peacemaker
7 Sep 2023, 20:49 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This is the story of the Convair Model 118, the flying car prototype that almost made sense in the late 1940s. Safe to say, it didn't quite make the cut.
This 1933 Caproni Ca.100 Is Italy's Oldest Flight-Worthy Aircraft, and It's for Sale
5 Sep 2023, 17:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With a nickname like Caproncino (little Caproni) to throw around, this pipsqueak little twin-seater trainer was so many Italian pilots introduction to aviation.
This MiG-21 Trainer Just Finished a Major Overhaul, For Sale to Eccentric Millionaires
3 Sep 2023, 17:33 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Hailing from the peak era of Soviet stagnation that was 1974, this particular MiG-21 is the special two-seater UM variant.
Sports Car in the Sky: How the Boeing 757 Became the Most Overpowered Airliner Ever Built
2 Sep 2023, 02:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / After a global crisis nearly brought the airline industry to its knees, such a special breed of jet liek the 757could have easily gone extinct.
Another V-22 Osprey Crashes Over Australian Island, Three Marines Lost and Five Wounded
28 Aug 2023, 01:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Loss-of-hull incidents involving the V-22 airframe stretch back to 1991, a time when the Osprey had only recently been fashioned from the XV-15 prototype.