Meet Grumman’s F8F Bearcat, the ultra-lightweight carrier fighter built to give tiny escort carriers a hard-hitting, ...

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As Lotus' founder Colin Chapman once said, the best way to make a vehicle faster is to "simplify and add lightness." As true as this was for sports cars and race cars, it might be even more fitting to ...

Point-of-view (POV) video from a camera mounted on the tail-section of a restored WWII era Grumman F6F Hellcat prop-plane as ...

Though it fly with the wings of angels, a combat aircraft is no demonstrable good until it has met and passed the final test of battle. Last week the U.S. had a glow ing report on the first combat ...

Over the weekend, the Wings Over Camarillo 43rd Annual air show was headlined “Saluting Test Pilots” and paid homage to the historic figures who expanded the world of aviation technology and safety.

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