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This video explores the history of the Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar and its transition into a specialized gunship during the Vietnam War. The examination covers the engineering challenges of converting obsolete cargo haulers into effective weapons platforms capable of dominating the night sky. Continue reading
An Amazon customer’s first drone-delivered order lands in her swimming pool in Texas as she runs outside to record the delivery. Continue reading
During the Vietnam War, the United States fought a secret air campaign over Laos using pilots who officially weren’t supposed to exist. Continue reading
Aviation has a wonderful way of keeping us humble. Not every DLC flight attempt ended exactly as planned. Continue reading
The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin was one of the most unusual fighters ever built—a tiny jet designed to live inside the bomb bay of America’s massive Convair B-36 and launch only when enemy fighters appeared. Continue reading
The Hawker Tempest arrived too late to become as famous as the Spitfire or Mustang, but it may have been the most dangerous Allied piston fighter of the final year of World War II. Continue reading
The Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech was supposed to solve one of aviation’s biggest postwar problems by combining the instant throttle response of a propeller aircraft with the speed of a jet fighter. Instead, it became one of the most infamous experimental aircraft ever built. Continue reading
The Lockheed D-21 was one of the most ambitious spy aircraft ever conceived—a pilotless reconnaissance drone designed to fly faster than Mach 3, cruise at the edge of space, penetrate the world’s most heavily defended airspace, and photograph China’s secret nuclear facilities without risking a single American pilot. Continue reading