Wright R-3350

The Hangar Aug 21, 2026

The Lockheed Constellation, the Connie, and the Triple-Tailed Airliner Howard Hughes Ordered in Secret to Fly Higher and Faster Than Anything Else in the Sky

The story of the Lockheed Constellation, the triple-tailed airliner Howard Hughes ordered in secret to fly higher and faster than anything in the sky.

Taildragger

The Hangar Aug 20, 2026

FIFI, the B Twenty-Nine Superfortress the Confederate Air Force Pulled Off a Desert Missile Range and the Twenty Million Dollar Rebuild That Kept Her Flying

How FIFI, a B-29 rescued from a desert missile range in 1971, became the world's last flying Superfortress - and the rebuild that saved her again.

Taildragger

The Hangar Jul 30, 2026

The Lockheed Constellation, Howard Hughes's Triple-Tail Queen of the Skies and the Airplane That Made the Whole Country Feel Small

The Lockheed Constellation was Howard Hughes's triple-tail airliner that shrank America and the Atlantic before jets ended its reign.

Taildragger

The Hangar May 26, 2026

Fifi the B-twenty-nine Superfortress pulled from a Navy bombing range and restored to fly again

How volunteers rescued the B-29 Fifi from a Navy bombing range and restored her to flying condition against impossible odds.

Taildragger