Aviation’s greatest engineering breakthrough of the last century

Engineering has advanced dramatically from the first jets that served the desperate twilight days of the Third Reich’s ...
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Honoring 90 years of the Douglas DC-3 and the continued evolution of the mission to preserve it

Marking the 90th anniversary of the Douglas DC-3, this article highlights the evolution of the D-Day Squadron into the DC-3 ...
insider.si.edu

The grand designers : the evolution of the airplane in the 20th century / John D. Anderson, Jr., Smithsonian Institution and University of Maryland

Introduction : before the beginning -- The beginning : the Wright brothers and their design process -- Setting the gold standard : the design methodology of Frank Barnwell -- Products of the first ...
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The Evolution of Airpower

“Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the change in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after the changes occur.” – Giulio Douhet, Command of the Air, 1921 Giulio ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Best Wood for World War I Airplanes

To manufacture thousands of airplanes for its World War I allies, the United States would fell acres of spruce. Preston Lerner Spruce was essential to the construction of more than 4,000 Curtiss JN-4D ...