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- Sep 6, 2026
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First to Mach 2: A Look at the Douglas D-558 Skyrocket (opens the original)
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During a period of abundant experimental record-breaking designs, men and machines were pushed to the edge of the envelope in ever increasing speeds and altitudes. The Douglas D-558 series aircraft played a major role in aircraft experimentation and development, eventually becoming the first to fly Mach 2. Kept as simple as possible, the Douglas D-558-1 was designed to meet the requirements of both the NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) and the United States Navy (USN) Bureau of
Photo-Recon in Pink: The Story of the Colorful PRU Spitfires (opens the original)
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Sometime in 1939, a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer made an observation that the current method of utilizing modified bombers, which were heavy and slow, for photo reconnaissance missions was that the opposite would be more effective. His idea was for a small, light, high-performance aircraft flying unarmed to save weight, that could evade enemy air defenses and fighter aircraft more easily and safely than the larger well-armed bombers. As early as 1911, the value of aerial photographic reconnaiss
Bent Wing Beauty: How the F4U Corsair got its Distinctive Look (opens the original)
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During the late 1930s, the trend for power plants for fighter aircraft was shifting more and more towards inline engines. Pratt & Whitney was even asked by the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) to concentrate on developing inline liquid cooled engines and abandon the radial all together. However, the U.S. Navy (USN) recognized the advantages of the radial and that development of the design was essential for their uses. In 1938, the USN issued a design completion for a new shipboard fighter powered by
Blackbird Beginnings: The A-12 Oxcart Story (opens the original)
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When Francis Gary Powers was shot down flying a U-2 over the Soviet Union, it became apparent the Soviets had finally found a way to knock the high-flying spy plane from the sky at last. With the Cold War heating up and in order to continue overflights of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact territories, a new aircraft was needed; one with tremendous speed, range, and altitude capabilities. Kelly Johnson had already been working on just such a project at Lockheed in the late 1950s, with the final re
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