Aircrews often give their own nicknames to their planes. For example, the A-10 Thunderbolt II is better known as the “Warthog,” the B-1 Lancer is better known as the “Bone,” and the F-16 Fighting ...
1942: At the height of World War II, German test pilot Helmut Schenck becomes the first person known to use an ejection seat to successfully exit his aircraft in an emergency situation. Schenck, ...
According to a German witness, Kirchner was thrown into a spin attempting a 180-degree turn the Salamander’s finicky airframe simply could not handle. The Feldwebel ejected, but due to his tumbling ...
Click to open image viewer. The German jet fighter that is now synonymous with the project that inspired it, the Volksjäger or People's Fighter program, first flew on December 6, 1944. The Reich Air ...
Die Entwicklung eines Strahltriebwerks - der Grundlage für ein Düsenflugzeug - nimmt 1936 ihren Anfang, als zwei Männer mit Visionen und Tatendrang zusammentreffen: der Flugzeugbauer Ernst Heinkel und ...
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