The Martin PBM Mariner was an American patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado in service. Continue reading
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F35 Stealth Fighter Jet – How it Works
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. Continue reading
Brewster F2A Buffalo | WW2’s “Worst” Aircraft Wasn’t All Bad
The Brewster Buffalo cops a lot of flak as being one of the worst planes of World War 2. But it was more a victim of mismanagement, poor timing, and an obsession over equipment-creep. Continue reading
Vought SB2U Vindicator – America’s First Monoplane Dive Bomber
The SB2U Vindicator arrived at a time of evolving technology and tactics for US Naval aircraft. Torpedoes were still considered a highly lethal weapon against large ships, but the concept of dive bombing was readily being explored, and indeed was deemed to be more effective than torpedo bombing in many situations. Continue reading
American Spitfire – the Curtiss XP-46 ‘Kittyhawk’
After winning the largest fighter order from the USAAC since WW1, Curtiss wasn’t resting on its laurels and proposed a new fighter modelled on the British Spitfire and Hurricane. Continue reading
USAF Fields Upgraded Super A-10 Warthog
The US Air Force has recently started fielding a new improved version of the Super A-10 Warthog. Continue reading
Boeing F-32 – Ugliest Fighter Jet Ever Made
The Boeing X-32 is a concept demonstrator aircraft that was designed for the Joint Strike Fighter competition. It lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator, which was further developed into the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. Continue reading
The Ultimate Supersonic Interceptor – F-106 Delta Dart
The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the main all-weather interceptor jet of the United States Air Force for almost 20 years. Designed from scratch as the so-called “Ultimate Interceptor,” pilots would reportedly fight each other to fly it. Continue reading