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While the SR-71 Blackbird remains the world’s fastest air-breathing aircraft, the rocket-powered X-15 has its own richly deserved place in the aviation history record...
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While the SR-71 Blackbird remains the world’s fastest air-breathing aircraft, the rocket-powered X-15 has its own richly deserved place in the aviation history record...
Having just penned an article on Sweden’s Saab 37 Viggen and noting therein its unique claim to aviation history fame, I reckon that one...
In a 19FortyFive article I wrote today on the subject of the legendary Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä, I made a note of the fact that...
Simo Häyhä, a short primer – Finland’s pending entry into NATO has caused Vladimir Putin no small degree of consternation, indignation, and indigestion (how much...
The Next Concorde? The X-59 As a certifiable “Bon Vivant” who likes to travel in style (always opting to upgrade from Cattle Class, er,...
Of all the topics I’ve written about thus far in my fledgling career as a Contributing Editor for 19FortyFive, this one is going to...
Whilst the Lockheed Martin’s F-16 fighter jet (manufactured by General Dynamics before 1993) is officially known to the general public as the Fighting Falcon,...
Happy 50th BRRRT-Day to the A-10 Warthog – On 10 May 2022 (1 week ago today as I type these words), the Fairchild Republic...
In my article on the SR-72 spy plane, I started off by mentioning the mysterious plane’s Hollywood-embellished appearance in Top Gun: Maverick, the long-awaited...
The F-15EX Eagle II is the latest and greatest edition of McDonnell Douglas’ (now Boeing’s) venerable and battle-proven (as in a mind-boggling 104:0 kill ratio...