Aviation History
MILITARY AVIATION HISTORY
Aircraft Factory Lipstick
WWII-era woman factory worker applies lipstick in the reflection of aircraft aluminum
Bouquet of Speed
Overhead view of early USAF interceptor jets.
Lockheed SR-71B Cockpit Design
Close-up of a Lockheed SR-71B Blackbird Cockpit.
FIDO – Setting Runways Ablaze to Enable Foggy Airport Operations
FIDO quite literally helped clear the fog of war for Allied pilots during World War II.
Convair B-58 Hustler Engine-Out Takeoffs
Convair B-58 Hustler engineers were tasked with calculating how to take off with only three of four engines operational.