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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning
On this day in aviation history, January 27, 1939, the Lockheed XP-38 made its first flight. Developed under great secrecy, ...
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Lockheed’s L-133 Starjet was Almost the World’s First Fighter Jet
The Lockheed L-133 Starjet was a prime example of a paradoxical “successful failure.” As I asserted in a recent article for ...
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Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose and Curtiss XP-55 Ascender Profile
Along with the Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet, the Swoose Goose and the Ascender resulted from United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) proposal R-40C issued on November 27, 1939, for aircraft with ...