The P-47 Thunderbolt was an impressive aircraft, not only in its final form, but also in the prototype phase. Known as the XP-47B during this period, it took its first flight on May 6, 1941. Despite ...

Object Details Artist William John Heaslip Physical Description Colored offset lithograph of a Republic "Thunderbolt" P-47 in flight, firing on an enemy aircraft. Another P-47 is in the background.

Object Details Author Duval, Geoff Notes Cover title. Date 1969 1969] Call number TL686.R42 D98 TL686.R42D98 Type Books Physical description pts. illus. (part col.) 25 cm Data Source Smithsonian ...

The gun the A-10 Warthog uses is a GAU-8/A 30mm cannon, designed and built by General Dynamics. It can fire 4,200 rounds per minute, making easy work of tanks.

Their son was born Sept. 1, 1943, while the pilot was learning to fly P-47s in Texas. The mother waited to name him until her husband made it home on leave, so for a time, relatives called him P-47.

Imaginative design of the Republic XF-84H stands squarely at forefront of single-engine, propeller-driven aircraft from the ...

This Fw 190 F-8 was originally manufactured as an Fw 190 A-7 fighter. During 1944 it was remanufactured as a fighter-bomber and issued to ground attack unit SG 2. After Germany's surrender it was ...

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Parallels between Weimar Germany and our present are too striking to ignore If our country suffers a fate like the Weimar Republic’s, historians will look at the 2020 election as a turning point.