The Landing Pattern
SR-71 Blackbird + Stats
SR-71 Blackbird — Key Specifications General Dimensions Performance Propulsion Construction Records
On This Day in 1911: The Army’s Third Airplane, the Wright Model B
On this day in 1911, the U.S. Army Signal Corps accepted its third airplane, a Wright Model B, designated Signal Corps Airplane No.
On This Day in 1911: The Army’s Second Airplane, the Curtiss Model D
On this day in 1911, the U.S. Army Signal Corps accepted its second airplane, the Curtiss Model D Type IV, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
On this day in 1909
On this day in 1909, the U.S. Army accepted its first airplane: the Wright Military Flyer (Signal Corps Airplane No.
F-117 Nighthawk
Here are some random, interesting facts about the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk: The F-117 proved that carefully applied shaping + materials + tactics could make a relatively slow, ungainly-looking jet extraordinarily effective against dense air defenses—and it still influences stealth thinking decades later.



