Lockheed tried to build on the P-38 with two “new Lightnings,” the XP-49 with a pressurized cockpit and heavier armament, and the XP-58 Chain Lightning, a bomber killer that kept gaining guns, crew, ...
During World War II, Charles Lindbergh arrived in the Pacific as a civilian with no rank and no authority. Flying alongside P ...
Some aircraft succeeded even though they made life harder for the people flying them. They demanded constant attention, ...
History is filled with military aircraft that looked like expensive miscalculations long before they ever saw combat.