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Of Wings & Things

When the Mustang served up a dive bomber

By Frederick Johnsen · January 29, 2025 · 2 Comments

Unthinkable for a pure fighter, the dive bomber versions of the Mustang incorporated a sturdy set of dive brakes that extended above and below the wings when rotated into the slipstream by stout hydraulic actuators.

When F-86s challenged a B-24

By Frederick Johnsen · December 19, 2024 · 1 Comment

Today that B-24J Liberator occupies a place of honor in one of the Pima Air & Space Museum’s buildings where it still wears a mix of U.S. and Indian markings.

Company creating fleet of jet airliner firefighting aircraft

By Frederick Johnsen · December 14, 2024 · Leave a Comment

Neptune Aviation will be the first company to use the Airbus A319 to fight fires.

The Bakersfield Boeings: Dusters to dust?

By Frederick Johnsen · December 11, 2024 · Leave a Comment

A footnote in aviation history, the converted crop duster Boeing 203s remain elusive.

Upscale, unique, and useful

By Frederick Johnsen · November 25, 2024 · 2 Comments

Prototype aircraft of the World War II era, whether or not they pointed the way to a long production run, were sometimes discarded once their primary flight test work was concluded.

Pitcairn Mailwing earned its aura

By Frederick Johnsen · October 21, 2024 · Leave a Comment

Pitcairn Aircraft hit the sweet spot for its airmail and sport biplanes with the Mailwing series from 1927 to 1931.

Navy’s factory went small with the SA-1

By Frederick Johnsen · March 4, 2024 ·

Designed and manufactured at the Naval Aircraft Factory, the SA-1 was diminutive, simple, and open air, with small wheels complementing wooden landing skids.

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