The P-47 Thunderbolt was a machine built around its colossal engine, designed to dominate the skies with speed, altitude, and ...

And now another aerial warrior has just joined the ranks of his comrades in Fighter Pilot’s Heaven: Lt. Col. (USAF, ret.) Ed Cottrell, P-47 Thunderbolt pilot, age 103. “After graduating and ...

The Hudson River has seen more than its fair share of tragedy this week after a tourist helicopter crashed into the water.

The horrifying crash is just the latest in the history of aviation disasters over the New York waterway, with several tourist ...

The deadly tourist helicopter crash in New York was not the first aircraft to go down in the Hudson River. On Thursday afternoon (Friday, Australian time), a Bell 206 helicopter “lost control” and ...

Pilots used a blip switch that temporarily ... including the Focke Wulf Fw 190, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, and others. As combat often requires the most power, jets replaced radial engines in ...

Fighters weren't immune either. The P-47 Thunderbolt, a critical part of the war effort, saw 455 pilots perish in crashes. Meanwhile, the P-39 and P-38 fighters claimed the lives of 706 pilots, ...

It was discovered that the pilots’ reaction to this was to use aileron movement ... The designation F-47 had been previously used for some late and export models of the wartime P-47 Thunderbolt, ...

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The deployment, which includes multiple A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, pilots, maintenance personnel and other support staff, is expected to last approximately 180 days. Idaho Lieutenant Governor ...