Featured in planeBYLogan NyeSep 6, 2023ShareThis ‘flying brick’ could fly fast enough to melt its paintThe F-4 Phantom II was a plane so ungainly that pilots called it the “flying brick.” But that “flying brick” had a lot of power. BYLogan NyeSep 6, 2023ShareBYMiguel OrtizAug 4, 2023ShareThis was the last Navy plane to have a tail gunSurprisingly, despite the advent of missiles and jet engines, the tail gun persisted on airplanes well into the late 20th century. BYMiguel OrtizAug 4, 2023ShareBYMiguel OrtizApr 11, 2023ShareThis WWII plane was frozen in ice like Captain America before being recoveredIn the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America was frozen in Arctic ice during WWII before being recovered and thawed out… BYMiguel OrtizApr 11, 2023ShareBYMiguel OrtizDec 7, 2022SharePearl Harbor forced this civilian plane to fly around the world in five weeksDecember 7, 1941, brought the United States fully into WWII with the Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor. Across the… BYMiguel OrtizDec 7, 2022ShareBYLogan NyeNov 22, 2022ShareThe Air Force really wants this game-changing plane designThe Air Force needs a new generation of tankers, cargo aircraft, and troop carriers. It seems to be aiming for… BYLogan NyeNov 22, 2022ShareBYHarold C. HutchisonNov 1, 2022ShareThe Soviets ripped off this strange Boeing transport planeThe Soviet Union has had a history of ripping off American designs. The Tu-4 “Bull” was pretty much an unlicensed bolt-for-bolt copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The Su-25 “Frogfoot” was a knockoff of the Northrop A-9. Russia’s AA-2 “Atol… BYHarold C. HutchisonNov 1, 2022ShareBYMiguel OrtizAug 12, 2022ShareThe Army’s Chevy Colorado-based Infantry Squad Vehicle is getting a laserIn June 2020, the Army selected GM’s submission for the Infantry Squad Vehicle. Based heavily on the commercially-available Chevrolet Colorado… BYMiguel OrtizAug 12, 2022ShareBYJessica EvansJul 7, 2023Share9 of the weirdest military aircraft that actually flewThese aircraft might seem like science fiction, but we have it on good authority that every single one of them (sort of) graced the skies. BYJessica EvansJul 7, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyJun 15, 2022ShareHow the first commercial plane shot down in combat also became the third oneThe history of commercial aviation is a relatively short one, given how long humans have actually been able to harness… BYTeam MightyJun 15, 2022ShareBYLogan NyeMar 22, 2022ShareThis kid turned in a lost Nazi fighter as homeworkLists of awesome history projects include science fair volcanoes with accurate representation of Pompeii added, verbatim delivery of the Gettysburg address while dressed as a shorter Abraham Lincoln, and collections of whatever arrowhead-ish rocks t… BYLogan NyeMar 22, 2022ShareBYMiguel OrtizJan 13, 2022ShareThe E-8 JSTARS might be the most powerful plane in the Air Force fleetWhen it comes to the armed forces, the combat arms communities are front and center. Infantry, tanks, fighter planes, bombers… BYMiguel OrtizJan 13, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyAug 18, 2022ShareThe explosive way B-52 bombers can be ready to fly in 10 minutesGetting older can be hard for anyone and the B-52 Stratofortress is no exception. We all start moving slower, taking… BYTeam MightyAug 18, 2022ShareBYSandboxxFeb 12, 2021ShareX-20 Dyna-Soar: America’s hypersonic space bomberDecades before America’s Space Shuttle would roar into the sky, the United States already had plans to field a reusable… BYSandboxxFeb 12, 2021ShareBYSandboxxOct 6, 2020ShareThis Russian pilot just flew their stealth fighter like a convertibleRecently surfaced images and a brief video show Russia’s premier stealth fighter, the Su-57 Felon, flying without the canopy enclosure for the aircraft’s cockpit. While there isn’t a great deal of information available to go along with the footag… BYSandboxxOct 6, 2020ShareBYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020ShareUnanswered questions about the Ukrainian plane crash in IranAll 176 people on board were killed when a Ukraine International Airlines plane crashed in Iran early on Wednesday morning. Authorities in Iran and Ukraine, as well as at the airline, have offered statements and press conferences, but a number… BYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020ShareBYToday I Found OutApr 29, 2020ShareHas any passenger ever landed an airplane?Natapixie asks: Has a non-pilot passenger ever managed to land an airplane? A common Hollywood trope when dealing with commercial airline-centric plots is inevitably at some point the pilot or pilots will become incapacitated and the lead char… BYToday I Found OutApr 29, 2020Share12
BYLogan NyeSep 6, 2023ShareThis ‘flying brick’ could fly fast enough to melt its paintThe F-4 Phantom II was a plane so ungainly that pilots called it the “flying brick.” But that “flying brick” had a lot of power. BYLogan NyeSep 6, 2023Share
BYMiguel OrtizAug 4, 2023ShareThis was the last Navy plane to have a tail gunSurprisingly, despite the advent of missiles and jet engines, the tail gun persisted on airplanes well into the late 20th century. BYMiguel OrtizAug 4, 2023Share
BYMiguel OrtizApr 11, 2023ShareThis WWII plane was frozen in ice like Captain America before being recoveredIn the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America was frozen in Arctic ice during WWII before being recovered and thawed out… BYMiguel OrtizApr 11, 2023Share
BYMiguel OrtizDec 7, 2022SharePearl Harbor forced this civilian plane to fly around the world in five weeksDecember 7, 1941, brought the United States fully into WWII with the Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor. Across the… BYMiguel OrtizDec 7, 2022Share
BYLogan NyeNov 22, 2022ShareThe Air Force really wants this game-changing plane designThe Air Force needs a new generation of tankers, cargo aircraft, and troop carriers. It seems to be aiming for… BYLogan NyeNov 22, 2022Share
BYHarold C. HutchisonNov 1, 2022ShareThe Soviets ripped off this strange Boeing transport planeThe Soviet Union has had a history of ripping off American designs. The Tu-4 “Bull” was pretty much an unlicensed bolt-for-bolt copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The Su-25 “Frogfoot” was a knockoff of the Northrop A-9. Russia’s AA-2 “Atol… BYHarold C. HutchisonNov 1, 2022Share
BYMiguel OrtizAug 12, 2022ShareThe Army’s Chevy Colorado-based Infantry Squad Vehicle is getting a laserIn June 2020, the Army selected GM’s submission for the Infantry Squad Vehicle. Based heavily on the commercially-available Chevrolet Colorado… BYMiguel OrtizAug 12, 2022Share
BYJessica EvansJul 7, 2023Share9 of the weirdest military aircraft that actually flewThese aircraft might seem like science fiction, but we have it on good authority that every single one of them (sort of) graced the skies. BYJessica EvansJul 7, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyJun 15, 2022ShareHow the first commercial plane shot down in combat also became the third oneThe history of commercial aviation is a relatively short one, given how long humans have actually been able to harness… BYTeam MightyJun 15, 2022Share
BYLogan NyeMar 22, 2022ShareThis kid turned in a lost Nazi fighter as homeworkLists of awesome history projects include science fair volcanoes with accurate representation of Pompeii added, verbatim delivery of the Gettysburg address while dressed as a shorter Abraham Lincoln, and collections of whatever arrowhead-ish rocks t… BYLogan NyeMar 22, 2022Share
BYMiguel OrtizJan 13, 2022ShareThe E-8 JSTARS might be the most powerful plane in the Air Force fleetWhen it comes to the armed forces, the combat arms communities are front and center. Infantry, tanks, fighter planes, bombers… BYMiguel OrtizJan 13, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyAug 18, 2022ShareThe explosive way B-52 bombers can be ready to fly in 10 minutesGetting older can be hard for anyone and the B-52 Stratofortress is no exception. We all start moving slower, taking… BYTeam MightyAug 18, 2022Share
BYSandboxxFeb 12, 2021ShareX-20 Dyna-Soar: America’s hypersonic space bomberDecades before America’s Space Shuttle would roar into the sky, the United States already had plans to field a reusable… BYSandboxxFeb 12, 2021Share
BYSandboxxOct 6, 2020ShareThis Russian pilot just flew their stealth fighter like a convertibleRecently surfaced images and a brief video show Russia’s premier stealth fighter, the Su-57 Felon, flying without the canopy enclosure for the aircraft’s cockpit. While there isn’t a great deal of information available to go along with the footag… BYSandboxxOct 6, 2020Share
BYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020ShareUnanswered questions about the Ukrainian plane crash in IranAll 176 people on board were killed when a Ukraine International Airlines plane crashed in Iran early on Wednesday morning. Authorities in Iran and Ukraine, as well as at the airline, have offered statements and press conferences, but a number… BYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020Share
BYToday I Found OutApr 29, 2020ShareHas any passenger ever landed an airplane?Natapixie asks: Has a non-pilot passenger ever managed to land an airplane? A common Hollywood trope when dealing with commercial airline-centric plots is inevitably at some point the pilot or pilots will become incapacitated and the lead char… BYToday I Found OutApr 29, 2020Share
