National Interest on MSN1d
RAF Bolton Paul Defiant: The Forgotten “Daffy” Turret Fighter of WWII
The RAF withdrew the Defiant from frontline duty due to the warbird’s limited endurance. When one thinks of gun turrets on ...
Annual AirExpo is next weekend in Eden Prairie
The Wings of the North, a nonprofit organization founded in 1998 to preserve and present aviation history, will be presenting the 11th AirExpo at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie Saturday and ...
Exhibition remembers WW2 crash that killed 17
The B-17 Flying Fortress planes were destroyed in the skies above Stanwick Lakes in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, during ...
National Interest on MSN4d
XF8B: Meet Boeing’s Late WWII Experimental Naval Fighter
The XF8B was envisioned to provide the U.S. Navy with a long-range carrier-borne fighter that could take the fight to the ...
BBC15d
WW2 bomber group museum appeals for repair funds
Gunners of the 306th Bomb Group sit atop ammunition for a B-17 Flying Fortress during World War Two Urgent repairs are needed to conserve and repair a military museum that was created to ...
BBC15d
WW2 bomber group museum appeals for repair funds
Urgent repairs are needed to conserve and repair a military museum that was created to commemorate the US servicemen who were based there during World War Two. The 306th Bombardment Group Museum, a ...
Cowboy State Daily15d
The 10 Young Men Who Died Giving Wyoming's Bomber Mountain Its Name
Bomber Mountain in Wyoming’s Big Horn Mountains paid dearly to earn its name when a B-17 Flying Fortress crashed into it in ...
The National Interest16d
Avro Lancaster vs. Halifax: Which was Britain’s Best WWII Heavy Bomber?
This was definitely the most famous British bomber of WWII, with the BAE Systems info page going so ... over the Halifax (to draw an American heavy bomber analogy, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ...
Daily Express24d
The 'world's most dangerous airlines' the banned from flying to the UK
Despite the low accident rates, high safety standards, and complex technology behind flying, many people still hesitate to strap in and take to the skies. Airlines are heavily regulated ...
Forbes24d
Friday, January 17. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine
KRYVYI RIH, UKRAINE - JANUARY 17: (——EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'DNIPROPETROVSK ... [+] REGIONAL MILITARY ADMINISTRATION/ HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ...
The New York Times24d
The Terrifying Ride of Copter 17
flying for a total of 170 hours. But at 6:36 p.m. — 18 minutes after the first report of the fire — their plan fell apart. As they approached the inferno, Copter 17 dropped so violently that ...
scmp.com24d
China’s electronic war gadget turns small drone into flying stadium on radar
While China’s sixth-generation fighter jets pierce the skies in their boundary-pushing stealth coating, a team of scientists has been breaking new ground in electronic warfare technology from ...