Boeing and Atlas Air Worldwide joined thousands of people to celebrate the delivery of the final 747 to Atlas, bringing to a close more than a half-century of production The…

How many items are on a pilot checklist? In aviation, a preflight checklist is a list of tasks that pilots and aircrew should perform prior to takeoff. Its purpose is…

Since Commander Emory Brown’s background as a test pilot in the Tomcat Program is widely known, we believed his perspective on the Development of the F-14 is invaluable Lou Drendel’s…

Ordered to return to the ship by the AWACS after dropping all of his bombs, Lt Sidbury told everybody—including a rear admiral and a USAF general—”No”” because the guys on…

Suddenly there was a call of ‘you’re on fire! Punch out! Punch out!’ Somewhere a Phantom II crew was struggling to keep their burning aircraft in the air long enough…

‘The expression “Houston, we have a problem!” would fit perfectly here. “JD” explained that there was a problem — no pilot!’ Bill “Turf” Murphy F-15 Driver On Jul. 4, 1989, Captains…

“I knew about VF-84 Jolly Rogers from the movies and building models as a kid. It’s a great public relations and recruiting tool. Somebody should always ‘fly the bones’!,” Lt.…

“It is a race the SR-71 will not let us lose. The Mach eases to 3.5 as we crest 80,000 feet. We are a bullet now – except faster. Screaming past…

Me 262 Schwalbe The Me 262 Schwalbe, the first turbojet aircraft in the world to fly, was created from a 1938 Messerschmitt company design. When it was first flown on…

ALSIB: the Alaska-Siberia Air Route project The US Army Air Corps (USAAC) Cold Weather Experiment Station was established in 1940 at the newly constructed Ladd Field in Alaska, close to…