That’s because the Pentagon needed a plane that could fly low and hover for protracted periods over a battlefield—a niche that jets couldn’t fill. In other words, the A-1 was America’s original Close ...

A-1 Skyraider: The Prop-Powered Attack Aircraft That Defied the Jet Era Dating back to the 1970s and beginning in the 1950s, jet engines were standard in U.S. fighter/attack aircraft.

What You Need to Know: The A-1 Skyraider, introduced during World War II, became the U.S.’s last propeller-driven attack aircraft. First flown in 1945, it served through the Korean and..

Wings of the North (WOTN) is expecting 2016 to be a “another banner year for AirExpo as the list of aircraft coming continues to expand,” according to a news release. According to ...