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 ...

From reject to hero: The U.S. and Britain rejected the P-39 for poor high-altitude performance, but the Soviets found it perfect for low-altitude Eastern Front battles. Firepower advantage: Its 37mm ...

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 ...

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 ...

The P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra were manufactured by the Bell Aircraft Corporation on April 6, 1938, and December 7, 1942, respectively. The P-39 was innovative in multiple ways: First, it had ...

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.

Click to open image viewer. Colored offset lithograph of a Bell "Airacobra" P-39 aloft and in pursuit of enemy aircraft. They are flying over an ocean with an island below. Smoke is coming from the ...

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 ...