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Just months after Lieutenant Paul Beck made an early airborne radio transmission, aviators test a receiving set - with the airplane

Moments and Milestones: Can You Hear Me Now?

When radio communication took to the air.
March 2011 | By George C. Larson, Member, NAA

Blended wing-body visionary James McDonnell sculpted the XP-67 in the early 1940s, promising a speed of more than 400 mph.

Too Hot to Handle: McDonnell XP-67 Moonbat

Man cannot zoom by blended wing alone; he must have an engine that, well, works.
January 2011 | By Stephan Wilkinson

Operation Halyard was managed by the U.S. Office of Strategic Services’ Nick Lalich (front row, third from left) and radio operator Arthur Jibilian (back row, second from left).

The Great Escape

For U.S. airmen trapped in Yugoslavia during World War II, building a secret airstrip was their only way out.
January 2011 | By Phil Scott

Flights and Fancy: Brooders vs. Extroverts

August 2009 | By Darisse Smith

Before flying on a B-32, Marchione (front, second from right) had been on a B-24 Liberator crew that included his buddies Rudy Nudo and Frank Pallone (front, second and third from left, respectively).

The Last to Die

The war in the Pacific ended as it began, with a surprise attack by Japanese warplanes.
November 2008 | By Stephen Harding

A scene from the Army Signal Corps film "Aviation Training in the United States," shot in 1917-1918.

How They Trained

Rare archival footage shows Army pilots learning to fly Jennies in 1917.
May 05, 2008 | By Phillip W. Stewart

A tour of Eighth Air Force history wouldn

In the Footsteps of the Mighty Eighth

A writer searches southern England for traces of a legendary World War II air force.
March 2007 | By John Fleischman

The first circumnavigators were the Douglas World Cruisers.

Moments & Milestones: The Greatest Great Circle

May 2002 | By Stuart Nixon

In the Museum: Smokers Welcome

November 2001 | By Diane Tedeschi

On a cool day, with a bit of wind and a light load, the Kellett jump giro could leap straight up some 15 feet, gain forward speed, and climb out.  But in hot weather and still air, with a full load of fuel and a passenger, it merely lurched upward, relying on its straining engine and propeller to pull it out.

Above & Beyond: Jump Ship

March 2001 | By E. Stuart Gregg

Flights & Fancy: The Light Brigade

January 2001 | By Walter S. Terry

OV-1 Mohawk

The Last of the Mohawks

Grumman's triple-tail, bug-eyed, heat-seeking camera platform.
March 1997 | By John Sotham

Tuskegee cadets gather at a formal assembly.  The first graduating class is seated in the front row.

The Flight of the Bumblebee

World War II's black pilots had two war to fight.
November 1989 | By Louis R. Purnell


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