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Amazon Drone Drops Package in Texas Pool
Drone-delivered order lands in swimming pool
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Cessna O-1 Bird Dog - Slowest Most Lethal Tiny Planes Doing What Jets Never Could
The Cessna O-1 Bird Dog is a liaison and observation aircraft that first flew on December 14, 1949, and entered service in 1950 as the L-19 in the Korean War. It went on to serve in many branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Best of DARPA Lift Challenge Crashes
The competition attracted extraordinary interest from small businesses, entrepreneurs, universities, and even high schools. DARPA received 489 applications, with 225 teams completing key technical and regulatory requirements and 132 teams invited to compete.
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McDonnell XF-85 Goblin - The Fighter Plane that Could Never Land
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Hawker Tempest - the Strange Plane with an Absolutely Insane Top Speed
This is the story of the Hawker Tempest, the fighter that arrived at the twilight of the piston-engine era, excelled in nearly every role it was given, and was ultimately overshadowed by the jet age that followed.
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Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech - the Supersonic Plane that Made its Pilots Sick
Ground crews dubbed the XF-84H the "Thunderscreech" due to its extreme noise level
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Lockheed D-21 - the Mach 3 Aircraft that Simply Vanished
The Lockheed D-21 is an American supersonic reconnaissance drone. The D-21 was initially designed to be launched from the back of an M-21 carrier aircraft, a variant of the Lockheed A-12 aircraft.
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Vickers Valiant - the 700MPH Bomber that Shook itself Apart
This is the remarkable story of the Vickers Valiant, the pioneering aircraft that carried Britain into the nuclear age, proved the Royal Air Force could deliver atomic weapons anywhere in the world, and was ultimately overtaken by the very technological revolution it helped create.
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Gloster Meteor - 400mph Bomb-Killer they Kept Secret
The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War. Its development was heavily reliant on its groundbreaking turbojet engines, pioneered by Frank Whittle and his company, Power Jets Ltd.
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The Crew That Vanished: Doolittle's Most Mysterious Aircraft - North American B-25 Mitchell
This is the remarkable story of the Doolittle Raid’s most mysterious aircraft, the crew that vanished into Soviet territory, the unanswered questions surrounding their diversion, and one of World War II’s most enduring aviation mysteries.
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Lockheed XF-90 - The Strongest Warplane Ever Built ?
The Lockheed XF-90 was a long-range penetration fighter and bomber escort built for the United States Air Force. The same requirement produced the McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo.
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North American F-107 – The Mach 2 Man-Eater that Never Got its War
The North American F-107 is a prototype aircraft that was North American Aviation’s entry in a United States Air Force tactical fighter-bomber design competition of the 1950s, based on the F-100 Super Sabre.