Plane of the Day, The Arado Ar 234 Blitz
The Ar 234 “Blitz” (Lightning) jet aircraft was developed for the Luftwaffe and first flew in 1943 and first saw combat in 1944. Far advanced...
Clarence “Kelly” Johnson and the Skunk Works
The Lockheed U-2 flew at 70,000 feet, an altitude so high that it was virtually invulnerable to the jet interceptors and even surface-to-air missiles of...
50th Anniversary Of John Glenn’s Orbital Flight And Reflections On The Space Race
John Glenn orbits the earth in Friendship 7. This week marked the 50th anniversary of Mercury Friendship 7 and the orbital flight of John Glenn....