In the time between World War I and World War II, fighter planes underwent rapid changes. During the first World War, the Sopwith F.1 Camel was known as one of the best combat planes around. It had a ...
Nicknamed 'the fork tailed devil' by the Germans- who recognised the aircraft as a formidable opponent - the P-38 entered service in 1941, with the US 1st Fighter Group. They were in initially ...
Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the first aircraft produced by Skunk Works under Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, played a pivotal role in World War II. Some experts declare it the best ...
It has been a while since we covered the restorations of these two significant airframes ( originall there were three aircraft being restored), but thanks to our good friend John Parker from ...
In 1937, the U.S. Army Air Corp called for proposals for an interceptor capable of flying 360 miles-per-hour and climbing rapidly to high altitudes. Kelly Johnson, designer at Lockheed—then a small ...
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