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The Mustang and the Merlin

The story of how British innovation and American production combined to create the Merlin-powered P-51 Mustang, the long-range fighter that secured air superiority over Germany in WWII.
The automaker went on to produce cars, bikes, and even airplanes at home in Germany and abroad across its 110 years of history. BMW’s impact on human transit can’t be overstated. One of the world’s ...
On November 21, 1916, pilot and inventor Lawrence Sperry was flying over Long Island’s Great South Bay with his student ...
Plans to build hundreds of homes on a former World War One airfield have moved a step closer to reality, after the High Court rejected a challenge by Wiltshire Council. The council argued the ...
The Kanawha River, which flows from Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, West Virginia, through Charleston, West Virginia, to Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, has been the inspiration for the ...
Searching for great aviation museums in Ohio? These 6 locations offer vintage aircraft and thrilling experiences! 1. Liberty ...
The legacy of the Supermarine Spitfire, which played a pivotal role in the RAF's victory in the Battle of Britain, will be ...
A council is bidding to buy the former RAF Scampton air base. West Lindsey District Council said it hoped to turn the site near Lincoln into an aviation testing centre, as well as commemorating the ...
The chancellor has stepped in to protect jobs at the helicopter manufacturer in Somerset, the BBC understands.
Port Clinton sits right on Lake Erie, and this museum celebrates both flying and sailing. The Liberty Aviation Museum has planes, but it also has a piece of naval history. You’ll find a real Ford ...
Aircraft such as the E-4B Nightwatch and E-6 Mercury were designed to maintain command and control during nuclear conflict. Hardened electronics, long-duration flight capability, and global ...
POPLAR GROVE, Ill. — A small aircraft crashed into a residential neighborhood in the 300 block of Ridgestone Trail in Poplar Grove Saturday, damaging a home and prompting evacuations due to a natural ...