The fly-by-wire systems currently used in space shuttles and in modern military and civilian aircraft were inspired by the F-8 DFBW system The F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire (DFBW) aircraft’s control system…
“Suddenly gray uniforms mixed with brown. I could see them hugging each other, dancing, and jumping. Americans were passing out cigarettes and chocolate,” Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I fighter ace.…
The Cactus Air Force, which was primarily equipped with the rugged Wildcat fighter and the unrivaled Dauntless dive bomber, successfully repelled every Japanese onslaught Control of Henderson Field was at…
Several fighters have gotten the moniker “flying coffin” over the course of the last century of military aviation. Military aviation inevitably tests the limits of available technology and human endurance,…
Unlike the F-22 or F-35 stealth fighters, the stealth YF-118G is undoubtedly not a household brand and will never enter production like the NGAD. But for a variety of reasons,…
Hitler praised the Me 410 as the “backbone of the Reich air defense” after observing a demonstration of one with a BK 5 cannon in November 1943 The Me 210…
The fifth-generation fighter market is going to get more competitive, as evidenced by Russia’s formal designation of the PAK-FA/T-50 jet as the Sukhoi Su-57. All six countries—the United States, China,…
The Saab 35 was a revolutionary Swedish design that, in contrast to certain common Nordic furniture, was very durable and had a long lifespan. The Saab 35, a novel jet…
Even though his last statements were muddled, Nowotny’s aircraft was struck and on fire when he plunged to his death For their respective air forces, the Me 262 and P-51…
As it strengthens China’s nuclear triad and significantly widens its nuclear assault range to encompass a significant chunk of the continental U.S., the H-20 stealth bomber, which is being dubbed…