The Douglas XB-19, also known as the Guardian of the Hemisphere, was the largest and heaviest bomber ever built by the United States Army Air Forces until 1946, when it was surpassed by the Hughes H-4 ...

Most of us only think of Boeing and Airbus when it comes to passenger jet manfacturers. However, several other companies tried their hand at building a jet airliner that would change how we traveled.

Today the Russian Aerospace Forces operates the Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting name “Bear”), a long-range bomber that first entered service in 1952. It remains the only propeller-powered bomber in ...

Early aviation engineers appreciated the potential for a “flying wing” design. A flying wing, which minimizes fuselage and usually eliminates the tail, reduces many of the aerodynamic compromises ...

In the perennial game of aeronautical anatomy-waving contests, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird wins every time. All the world's achievements in aviation in the last 120 years don't hit home in most ...

Very rarely does a roadable aircraft, aka a flying car, ever make sense beyond the realm of an 11-year-old grade schooler's imagination. Only in the last decade has the idea become even remotely ...

There are plane prototypes, and then there's the Convair Sea Dart, which at its heart, was basically just a jet fighter sitting on top of a pair of water skis. Since oceans cover over 70% of the Earth ...

Pogo and Sea Dart beat the XB-46? And the YB-60 beats all three? Has anyone seen the reviewers guide dog? Also, why is the CV-240 & the C-131 both when they are 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝘼𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩, with ...

The September 2019 stall and crash of a Convair 440 cargo aircraft near Toledo resulted from oversight by the aircraft’s two fatigued pilots. That is according to the National Transportation Safety ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Convair XB-46 Back in 1947, Consolidated Vultee's beautiful jet bomber was dropped in favor of Boeing's ...