To understand why Woolams's story and the Bell P-59 Airacomet is so fascinating, it helps to understand just how revolutionary jet propulsion was during World War II. By the early 1940s, the airplane ...

At Wright Field, Ohio, a captured German Me 262 faces a motionless B-24 Liberator. Its 30mm cannon fires, and a shell tears into the bomber’s fuselage. Months earlier, American test pilot Robert Smith ...

Jagdverband (JV) 44 was formed as a result of conflict and dissent within the Luftwaffe’s high command. Following disagreement with Reichsmarschall Herman Göring, the commander of the fighter arm, ...

Do you have a plan to bring the two warring factions together? I don’t think they are warring (smiles). It is, perhaps, a different way of approaching the same situation. Every single Congressman ...

I was lucky to run into Geri “K12” Krähenbühl at RIAT23. He flies the Me 262 for Airbus Heritage/ Messerschmitt Foundation and was happy to be interviewed about his experience flying this aircraft at ...

In 1944 Germany officially transitioned to the jet fighter. Uncover the story of how, with mass production of the Messerschmitt Me 262 and Heinkel He 162 starting, the loss of factories and airports ...

Me262燕子是全球首款量产实战喷气战机，圆角三角形机身用料简陋，甚至使用胶合板零件。搭载两台容克斯004涡喷发动机，最高时速870公里，四门30毫米机炮搭配R4M火箭，四发即可击落重型轰炸机。

Germany’s top Me 262 ace learned to hunt Allied aircraft in a machine that rewrote the rules of the sky. From Kommando Nowotny to deadly jet tactics and vulnerable landings, his final missions reveal ...

A former Air Canada pilot has been charged after flying for years without a proper license, Canadian police said Tuesday, in a case that investigators said mirrored a Hollywood screenplay. Geoffrey ...

The HBO Max pilot “How to Survive Without Me” has added four new actors in guest roles, Variety has learned exclusively. Kevin Changaris (“Succession”), Pressley Hosbach (“Erin & Aaron”), Dar Zuzovsky ...

MARANA, Ariz.—Jessica Cox has spent a lifetime proving that the ability to soar above the clouds has nothing to do with having arms. The word “can’t” has never been part of her mindset. Instead, her ...

Rita Wilson has joined the cast of the HBO Max drama pilot “How to Survive Without Me” in a series regular role, Variety has learned. Wilson will appear alongside previously announced cast members Ray ...