That’s because the Pentagon needed a plane that could fly low and hover for protracted periods over a battlefield—a niche that jets couldn’t fill. In other words, the A-1 was America’s original Close ...
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A-1 Skyraider: The U.S. Military's Last Propeller-Driven FighterA-1 Skyraider: The Prop-Powered Attack Aircraft That Defied the Jet Era Dating back to the 1970s and beginning in the 1950s, jet engines were standard in U.S. fighter/attack aircraft.
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Operation Linebacker Featured Epic Vietnam War Air-to-Air CombatTo bolster its beleaguered Army of the Republic of Vietnam ally, the U.S. military sent airpower assets in force. As I’ve ...
Like Russian aircraft, it was rugged, designed for the Russian winter ... Another similar propeller driven, ground attack plane that comes to mind is the Douglas A-1 Skyraider. It too was developed in ...
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Experimental XB-1 aircraft goes supersonic for the first timeBoom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier during three test runs, a step toward the possible return of ...
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California's Mojave Desert, making it the ...
High above a barren California desert on Tuesday, a privately developed aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 smashes the sound barrier — becoming the 1st civil aircraft to go supersonic in US historyBy achieving a top speed of Mach 1.1, Boom Supersonic has broken records and is on course to revive supersonic passenger ...
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Boom Supersonic's next-generation XB-1 passenger plane 1 step away from breaking the sound barrierBoom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde ...
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