This event brings together the whole Shuttleworth experience for two full days of entertainment utilising the Aerodrome, ...

The Vought V-173 “Flying Pancake” was a groundbreaking experimental aircraft with an all-wing design and propellers on the ...

Air show announcer and producer Lunar Sawyer is ready to see her husband take to the sky in “Wild Blue,” the “little RV-8A ...

They built one of the greatest planes of World War Two. Then came a streak of humiliation so bad, pilots nicknamed their ...

Though the B-17D was eased into the water in the trough between waves, it still struck with such force that bolted-down ...

As the world marks the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, the upcoming July fly-in will commemorate the ...

America has entered Israel’s war with Iran, attacking a major underground nuclear facility that Israel does not have the ...

Located aboard the historic Naval Air Station (NAS) in Pensacola, Florida, the National Naval Aviation Museum is the largest naval aviation museum in the world. Established in 1962 and opened in 1963, ...

The aircraft, 146545, flown by Lt. Jim Curry, is now restored and on display at Battleship Memorial Park near Mobile, Alabama. The overflights lasted for about six weeks with a total of 160,000 ...

The aircraft was then moved to Texas and restored by the Vought Heritage Foundation in Grand Prairie. The V-173 was beautifully restored by volunteers and placed on display at the Frontiers of ...

In the later stages of World War II, pilots in the fighter had an 11-to-1 victory ratio over enemy aircraft. Built in 1946, Midway’s new F4U flew in multiple U.S. Marine Corps squadrons until 1953.

What You Need to Know: The Vought V-173, or “Flying Pancake,” defied traditional aircraft design with its flat, flying-wing shape. Invented in the 1930s by Charles Zimmerman, the V-173 was ...