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Becoming a fighter ace, which means shooting down at least five enemy aircraft, is extremely difficult and only a small number of pilots ever reach that status. It demands sharp flying skills, constant awareness, superior vision, and high-stress decision-making. But French pilot René Fonck went far beyond that standard. By the end of World War I, ...


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By the early 1970s, commercial aviation had entered a new phase as wide-body airliners like the Boeing 747, DC-10, and L-1011 were transforming long-haul travel. But they were also creating a problem with their wake vortices, long, invisible spirals of disturbed air. These vortices were strong enough to roll smaller aircraft beyond control during ...


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On this day in aviation history, 71 years ago (February 23, 1955), the first flight of the CAC CA-25 Winjeel took place. Named after a Victorian indigenous word for “young eagle,” the Winjeel was an Australian training aircraft developed by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC). The CA-25 handled basic through advanced training dut...


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By Kevin Wilkins

In January 2024, we reported on the restoration of a North American B-25 Mitchell made famous through its appearances in film and television adaptations of Joseph Heller’s Catc...


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Located at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, the Grissom Air Museum represents the Hoosier State’s most well-known aviation museum, and it is home to 25 aircraft from the North American B-25 Mitchell to the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. Yet one of...


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