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The Boeing YB-9 (Also known as the Model 214/215/246) was the company’s first all-metal bomber design. In 1930, the bomber squadrons operated by the US Army Air Corps mostly consisted of slow biplanes. Boeing had recently built its successful all-metal Monomail transport, and wanted to use their experience to build something bigger. Continue reading
It was the summer of 1941, and the Royal Air Force was shocked to its core before the troublesome reports of a new devastating German fighter aircraft shredded through its squadrons. Continue reading
Just one, apparently, according to this video on TikTok: Continue reading
As the Cold War loomed on the horizon shortly after World War 2, Canada worried about the possibility of Soviet bombers flying over the Arctic Ocean ready to deliver nuclear payloads on North American targets. Consequently, Canadian Air Force officials made a bold decision and built their own indigenously-developed fighter-interceptor from scratch. Continue reading
For all its success after World War 2, the Convair B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber was still a piston-engined machine, and it would not take long for it to be displaced by jet power. However, as the 1950s began, the company conceived an idea to extend the career of its beloved bomber: they would create a jet-propulsion version that could enter the atomic era. Continue reading
Top Gun Maverick official behind-the-scenes footage starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman with Ed Harris. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin has created a webpage dedicated to the story behind the creation of the Top Gun: Maverick Darkstar hypersonic aircraft. The company had previously disclosed that its legendary Skunk Works advanced projects division had been directly involved in creating this fictitious design, but had declined to provide more specific details about its relation to the production.
NASA actually kind of has a reputation for using old air frames such as the S-3 Viking and even the U-2 but the B-57 is one of if not the oldest airframes they use its also just an interesting story. Continue reading