There are not many aircraft designed in the 1950s that are still in operation today. One such aircraft is the KC-135 Stratotanker, the US Air Force’s premier refueling tanker. First flew on August 31, 1956, the aircraft is currently a

By Randy Malmstrom

Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 Canary (“Yellow Peril“), Bu. No. 2582. I am not finding details about the service records of this particular aircraft before its civilian life. It was apparently built in 1940 and is painted in the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) markings of one o...

By Allison Brophy Champion and Culpeper Star-Exponent

Part of ongoing America250 festivities, local warbirds will represent Culpeper in the sky at an upcoming, high-flying aviation festival in a historic coastal ci...

On this day in aviation history, 67 years ago (April 5, 1959), the Aero L-29 Delfin flew for the first time. Czech for “Dolphin”, the Delfin is a military jet trainer developed by Czechoslovak aviation manufacturer Aero Vodochody. The L-29 is known by NATO as the Maya, and it was th...

The Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA, is set to open a new exhibition on April 25 that looks at the history of flight attendant uniforms and what they reveal about the airline industry over time. The exhibit, titled “