Skip Stewart’s full aerobatic routine at the 2019 Spirit of St. Louis Airshow in Chesterfield, MO. William Lewis “Skip” Stewart (born February 9, 1968), better known as Skip Stewart, is an aerobatic and commercial pilot from the United States. Stewart flies in airshows in the United States and abroad, in his two highly modified Pitts muscle biplanes. Continue reading
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P-51 Mustang vs. Messerschmitt Bf 109
Comparing the North American P-51D Mustang vs. the Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 in Picture, Sound and Motion. Continue reading
P-51 Mustang vs. Spitfire – A Comparison
Comparing the North American P-51D Mustang against the Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVIIIe flying at the same airshow. Looking at both Warbirds at a technical point of view and at the takeoff, simulated dogfight, low passes and landing. Continue reading
The First Jet Airliner: De Havilland Comet Story
Air travel before the Jet Age wasn’t always glamorous. The relentless noise and vibration from a piston powered propeller aircraft often made long flights even more exhausting. Most aircraft also couldn’t fly high enough to avoid bad weather, so air sickness was more common. Continue reading
Bell XV-3 Convertiplane Promo Film – 1960
Film from the Bell Helicopter Archives. The Bell XV-3 (Bell 200) is an American tiltrotor aircraft developed by Bell Helicopter for a joint research program between the United States Air Force and the United States Army in order to explore convertiplane technologies. Continue reading
Dangerous Reputation – The DC-10 Story
The DC-10’s story begins in the early 1970’s, at a pivotal time when air travel was undergoing a revolution. A new generation of wide-body airliners like the Boeing 747 introduced for 1970’s increased passenger capacity at a time when air travel was becoming more affordable. Continue reading
The Lockheed Constellation Story
The Lockheed Constellation (“Connie”) is a propeller-driven, four-engine airliner built by Lockheed Corporation between 1943 and 1958 at Burbank, California. Continue reading
Tupolev TU-114 – World’s Fastest TurboProp Aircraft
The Tupolev Tu-114 Rossiya (Russian: Tyполев Тy-114 Poccия) (NATO reporting name Cleat) was a turboprop-powered long-range airliner designed by the Tupolev design bureau and built in the Soviet Union from 1956. It is the world’s first and only swept wing turboprop airliner. The aircraft was the largest and fastest passenger plane at that time and at 10,900 km (6,800 mi) also had the longest range. It has held the official title of fastest propeller-driven aircraft since 1960. Continue reading