Eric Winkle Brown, the Little Scot Who Flew Four Hundred and Eighty-Seven Types and Put the First Jet on a Carrier Deck
How Eric 'Winkle' Brown flew 487 aircraft types and made the first jet carrier landing in history.
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The Grumman F6F Hellcat: The Fighter Engineered to End Zero Supremacy
The Grumman F6F Hellcat reversed American fortunes in the Pacific by out-engineering the Zero, achieving a 19-to-1 kill ratio and accounting for over 60% of all naval air victories.
TaildraggerThe MQ-25 Stingray and the F/A-18 pilot who flies a drone from the cockpit
The Navy's MQ-25 Stingray lets F/A-18 pilots command an unmanned aircraft from their own cockpit, reshaping carrier aviation.
TowerWhy the US Navy still bets on the F A eighteen Super Hornet
The US Navy continues to rely on the F/A-18 Super Hornet because it delivers unmatched multirole flexibility from a carrier deck at a fraction of the F-35C's cost.
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