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 ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The anecdote shows that fighter planes must be relevant to the purpose they are employed for. In the case of the P-39, a plane that didn’t work for the United States ...

The Bell P-39 was conceived as a heavily armed interceptor but lost its intended role after critical design changes reduced ...

"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 ...

Built around a massive 37mm cannon with a radical mid-engine layout, the P-39 looked like the future until one design compromise crippled its high-altitude performance. Follow its bumpy path from ...

World of Warplanes made its debut on Steam earlier this month, at last bringing another piece of the Wargaming catalog to Valve's store with 12v12 dogfights amid the golden age of military aviation.

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 ...

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 ...