National Air Force Museum of Canada, Trenton, ON
The National Air Force Museum of Canada in Trenton, ON, features a nice collection of aircraft, most of which served in the RCAF. A few...
The Atomic Age Begins
On this date 70 years ago, a B-29 Superfortress piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets ushered in the Atomic Age when the first atomic bomb was...
The U-2 Incident, 55 Years Later
Click on the image for a larger version. Today marks the 55th anniversary of the Francis Gary Powers U-2 Incident. In the late 50’s, the...
45th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Using computers that were less powerful than a pocket calculator, let alone as sophisticated as a smartphone, NASA and the brilliant engineers who designed and...
Apollo 11 Liftoff 45 Years Ago Today
Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins liftoff from Cape Kennedy on the mission that would put a man on the moon 45 years...