Aviation History
![The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in the Second World War](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/Spitfire.jpg?v=1692210357&width=914)
The Spitfire is the most famous and beloved aircraft of World War II. Its unique design and superior agility in dog fighting gave the British Royal Air Force a decisive advantage over the German Lu...
Read more![A Rolls-Royce Nene-powered Armstrong-Whitworth-A.W.52-TS363 installed in a British "Flying Wing" aircraft in 1949](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/Armstrong-Whitworth-A.W.52-TS363.jpg?v=1691192511&width=625)
How To Exit An Aircraft Quickly
Until the closing days of the Second World War the only way to exit a fatally damaged aircraft was to jump through a door or hole, or after removing the canopy to roll the aircraft upside down and ...
Read more![Image of the seating in a Boeing RB-47H reconnaisance aircraft](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/RB-47H_Reconnaisance_Aircraft.jpg?v=1689713916&width=1050)
I had the honor of serving in the USAF from 1960 through 1965 as a Russian Linguist. This was during one of the most interesting periods in the history of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Most c...
Read more![An aerial shot of bombed out Berlin shortly after the end of World War II](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/Berlin-after-World-War-II-15.jpg?v=1687987741&width=800)
The Berlin airlift of 1948-1949 was a test of the will of the Allies in the face of strong Soviet interference with the Marshall Plan and access to Berlin. Not to be intimidated nor deterred, the A...
Read more![Tupolev ANT-25RD N0251 in flight on March 1, 1934.](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/01.03.1934_-25_..jpg?v=1687471034&width=768)
The World's First Transpolar Flight
From June 18, 1937, through June 20, 1938, the first transpolar flight occurred when a Soviet-era ANT-25 aircraft, crewed by three Russians, flew from Moscow to Vancouver, WA, across the North Pole...
Read more![Alvin S. White, North American Aviation Test Pilot, standing beside the XB-70 Valkyrie Escape Capsule](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/xb70white_escape_capsule.jpg?v=1686846011&width=327)
Alvin Swauger White, North American Aviation Test Pilot
Alvin S. White was the Pilot in Command of the XB-70 on June 8, 1966, when it was involved in an accident that ended the XB-70 program. Al White was a talented experimental aircraft test pilot with...
Read more![Flying the SR-71 and setting world speed records. Example: New York to London, a distance of 3,470 Miles, average speed of 1,817 mph, 1:55:32 time enroute](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/SR71_record.jpg?v=1685754191&width=853)
Can You Safely Eject From An SR-71 At Speed And Altitude And Survive?
Flying the SR-71 was not only a lot of fun for the pilots but presented them with some real danger should something go wrong. So, could they survive ejecting from an SR-71 at 85,000 feet plus and M...
Read more![A photograph of Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin, the first man in space and continued his military service becoming a Colonel in the Soviet Air Force before his aircraft accident on March 27, 1968.](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/GAGARIN-Yuri-Alekseyevich-Colonel-Soviet-Air-Forces-Cosmonaut.jpg?v=1680899388&width=1447)
Yuri Gagarin, The First Man In Space
On April 12th, 1961, a Soviet Vostok-1 rocket launched the first man into Earth orbit, becoming the first man in space. Yuri Gagarin slips the surly bonds of Earth to become the first human in spac...
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The United States Air Force Academy
The U.S. Air Force Academy is the youngest of the military academies, and is focused on continuing to improve the quality of officers and leadership in the corps.
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Uncover The Mystery Of Missing Diamonds 💎
A DC-3 is attacked by Japanese Zeros and crashes on the North coast of Australia. Unbeknownst to the passengers and crew, the DC-3 is carrying cut diamonds bound for the Commonwealth Bank in Austra...
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STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
On January 16, 2003, seven astronauts climbed aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia and launched into space for a seventeen-day mission. Those brave astronauts are pictured and identified below: Front ...
Read more![Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie was a contemporary of more famous women fliers like Amelia Earhart and Pancho Barnes](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/pheobe2s.jpg?v=1675981732&width=800)
Walking on Air: The Aerial Adventures of Phoebe Omlie
Walking on Air: The Aerial Adventures of Phoebe Omlie is the story of a young woman who loved flying and survived barnstorming during the 1920s. Her classic act included hanging below the aircraft ...
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