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Articles from history of aviation

Nico June 2, 2014 1

The combination of a flying boat and jet engines seemed in the early fifties a logical development as a replacement...

Nico May 25, 2014 1

With the Douglas AD-1 Skyraider operational shortly after the end of the Second World War, the U.S. Navy was already...

Nico May 12, 2014 2

Based on 1945 U.S. Navy requirements Consolidated-Vultee (later renamed Convair) designed a fast flying boat that was suitable for various...

Nico April 2, 2014 0

When in the thirties the first 'Clipper' flying boats were introduced for trans-ocean passenger transport, this seemed the final solution....

Nico February 8, 2014 1

In aviation history, the name Sopwith Camel represents one of the flying legends and great aircraft from the First World...

Nico November 28, 2013 1

Willem Eduard de Graaff was the son of a Dutch father and an Indonesian mother. Before the Second World War...

Nico October 7, 2013 17

One of the most outstanding British seaplanes during the Second World War was the Short Sunderland flying boat. It was...

Nico September 16, 2013 3

Beechcraft is mostly associated with trainers and private aircraft. However, during the Second World War they designed and built a...

Srecko July 20, 2013 2

The Soviet Union became a strong threat to the West after WWII and the development of the atomic weapon removed...