The Martin B-26 Marauder was introduced in 1941 for use during the course of World War II. The twin-engined medium bomber served first in the Pacific Theater in 1942 and was later used in the Mediterranean Theater as well as Western Europe. The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) issued Circular Proposal 39-640 on March 11, 1939, [...]
The Shoo Shoo baby is a B-17 Flying Fortress that fought on the Allied side in World War II, but its story doesn’t end there. The aircraft was given to Sweden for use as a 17-passenger airliner once the war had culminated – yet, out of respect for the USA, Sweden eventually gave the gift [...]
New Exhibit Takes Flight The Museum of Flight is kind of a big deal--in fact, it's the largest non-profit air and space museum in the world. Located in Seattle, Washington, the museum features over 175 different aircraft and spacecraft, tens of thousands of aviation artifacts, millions of rare photographs, dozens of exhibits, a world class [...]
The BV 141: one mean, lean, lopsided machine. Let’s just face the facts: this thing is flat-out strange. Likely one of the only asymmetric aircraft in all of human history, what’s truly strange about the BV 141 is that it actually flew – and it flew pretty well! The BV 141 was actually intended to [...]
