Author: Frederick Johnsen

Sesquiplanes enjoyed a moment in the sun as designers grappled with the robust structural truss integrity of biplanes versus the […]

What were the highlights of EAA AirVenture 2023? Pick your passion. Source: general aviationEAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 served something for […]

Radio-controlled B-17s were first used to bomb Germany, but after World War II, the Air Force found several other uses […]

Re-enactors make history come truly alive for those attending — and participating at — EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Source: general aviationA […]

The 2023 Moses Lake Air Show had all the traditional elements of an air show: Snarling warbirds, modern jets, and […]

While chatting with the folks working on B-17 firebombers at the Mesa, Arizona, airport on a brisk winter day in […]

A general aviation airplane ahead of its time. Source: general aviationKinner’s bold Envoy design

The Commemorative Air Force’s B-24 Diamond Lil has been flying more than 80 years. More than a half-century of that […]

There’s a reason the Hamilton Metalplane reminds you of a Ford Trimotor. The original Ford 3-AT Trimotor, as well as […]

If front-line British warplanes advanced with the global state of the art from the 1930s into the postwar 1940s, some […]