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 ...

The “Flying Pencil” was first “blooded” in combat in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War as part of the Luftwaffe’s Condor Legion that fought on behalf of Spain’s Nationalist faction, where it proved ...

Some things, like rubber belts, globes, tyres and filters, you just can’t trust unless they’re brand new. Pulleys and their bearings are considered service items meaning they will eventually need to ...