On January 26, 1945, the McDonnell FH Phantom made its first flight, becoming the world's first jet fighter to operate from aircraft carriers and a milestone in U.S. naval aviation.
On this day in aviation history, 80 years ago (December 3, 1945), the first jet takeoff and landing aboard an aircraft carrier took place. Lieutenant-Commander Eric Melrose Brown, the Chief Naval Test ...
Nearly a decade after NASA partnered with Lockheed Martin to build the X-59, the supersonic jet has completed its first flight in California, according to a press release spotted by Gizmodo. The X-59 ...