Do you want to know why people don't build mid-engined airplanes anymore? It's because it took until after the Second World War for folks to realize mid-engined vehicles don't make practical sense ...

The Bell P-63 Kingcobra first flew on December 7, 1942. An improved successor to the P-39, the fighter saw extensive service ...

Last spring many an American Airlines pilot, stopping for passengers at Buffalo, N. Y., sunburned the roof of his mouth watching the test flights of a new pursuit ship that the U. S. Army Air Corps ...

"Rare pinball tech details; earliest P-39s through last P-63s; cockpit photos; P-39 tumbling problem; laminar wing P-63; Russian export versions"--P. [1] of cover. siris_sil_631757 ...

Bell P-39 Airacobra(Courtesy Wayne R. Lusardi, State of Michigan Maritime Archaeologist) Instrument panel (left) and port running light (right)(Courtesy Wayne R. Lusardi, State of Michigan Maritime ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Ironically, the designers at Bell created a fighter that poorly fit the operational needs of the U.S. military, but that worked just fine for the low-level tactical ...