Flying

McDonnell’s ‘Moonbat’ Definitely Stood Out in the Early 1940s

Historically, some of the most compelling aircraft prototypes have served as launching pads for new and emerging technologies. From clean-sheet engine designs to new aerodynamic concepts to unusual ...
The National Interest

In 1940, A British Aircraft Carrier And German Battlecruiser Dueled To The Death

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Only extraordinary circumstances—particularly the lack of Combat Air Patrol—made the ambush of the Glorious possible by two large capital ships on a clear day. For ...
The National Interest

In 1940, One World War II Battle Saw an Aircraft Carrier Fight a Battleship. Who Won?

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Only extraordinary circumstances—particularly the lack of Combat Air Patrol—made the ambush of the Glorious possible by two large capital ships on a clear day. Only ...
Business Insider

Ukrainian forces were spotted firing anti-aircraft guns from the 1940s as old weapons make a comeback in Russia's bloody war

Ukrainian forces were recently spotted shooting anti-aircraft guns from the 1940s. These KS-19 systems are the latest decades-old weapons to make a comeback in Ukraine. Both Kyiv and Moscow have ...
USA Today

A piece of 1940s-era aircraft just washed up on the Cape Cod shore

A piece of military equipment from the 1940s and 50s washed up on a Cape Cod beach last week. A park historian with Cape Cod National Seashore, a part of the U.S. National Park Service, inspected the ...
JSTOR Daily

USAAF Aircraft camera, type K20, 1940-1945

USAAF Aircraft camera, type K20 Serial No. AC-45-552, designed by Fairchild and manufactured by Folmer Graflex Corporation, Rochester, New York, United States, 1940-1945. With fitted case and ...