Aviation History
![This is the logo for the famous "Skunk Works", a division of Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development program which has been responsible for aircraft designs like the U-2, SR-71 Blackbird and more.](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/Skunk_works_Logo.jpg?v=1667917386&width=800)
In the past, the U.S. military has called upon companies to design and test the most advanced aircraft in the world. Who Do You Call? During World War II there were a number of aircraft manufacture...
Read more![Jackie Moddridge, aka The Spitfire Girl, in front of a multi-engine aircraft in her pilot's uniform.](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/Jackie_Moggridge.jpg?v=1666884806&width=480)
Jackie Moggridge, Spitfire Girl
On March 1, 1922, in Pretoria, South Africa, a young girl named Dolores Theresa Sorour was born. During her childhood, she was taken by the performance of a female hockey player named Jackie Rissik...
Read more![How To Tame A Hellcat](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/Cecil_Kenyon_1.jpg?v=1656599109&width=480)
The Hellcat was an important Navy fighter aircraft designed to outfight the Japanese Zero, but all the male pilots were already overseas flying. Grumman needed test pilots to test fly these new air...
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