Bouquet of Speed
A creative arrangement of USAF jet interceptors is positioned on a taxiway. All made their first flights between 1948 and 1954. Clockwise from top: North American F-86D Sabre, McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, Northrop F-89 Scorpion, and Convair F-106 Delta Dart.
Topics Related To: AVIATION HISTORY
Air-to-Air Artistry: The Story Behind an Iconic Aviation Photo
In the 1970s, Paul Bowen broke the air-to-air photography formula to capture the Cessna Citation over the California coast. This is how he did it.
Northrop HL-10 Lifting Body Aircraft
To help study the science of spacecraft reentry into Earth’s atmosphere, NASA flew and evaluated various lifting-body aircraft.
Rent-a-Plane: The Hertz Experiment That Vanished Into Thin Air
In the late 1950s, Hertz rented planes to anyone with a pilot’s license. Four years later, the program vanished. Here’s why.
