A Boeing P-26A fighter mounted in the 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel. Nicknamed the “Peashooter,” it was the first Army fighter to…
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The Northrop XB-35 stands as a testament to the audacious spirit of innovation that defined the aviation industry during the early 1940s. Developed…
A 106-year old Armenian woman protecting her home with an AKM, 1990. A 106-year-old Armenian woman sits in front of her home guarding…
“It was either a good line, or a bad one, and, whichever it was, I took it on my own responsibility….I took up…
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Test pilot George Aird ejected from his Lightning F1 aircraft, 1962 Test pilot George Aird ejected from his English Electric Lightning F1 aircraft…
Germans testing a Messerschmitt Bf 109 E3, 1940 German scientists testing a Messerschmitt Bf 109, 1940. The facility is the Luftfahrtforschungsanstalt Hermann Goering.…
Lester Mannix / New York Daily News Olivia de Havilland, an iconic actress during Hollywood’s Golden Age, is photographed at the Daily News’…
Murphy was a Texan of Irish descent but was not what you might call a typical example. He always looked younger than his…
The Tank Museum in Bovington, United Kingdom has acquired documents relating to the development and design of the World War I -era Mark…