Ed Schmued designed the North American P-51 Mustang fighter that helped the Allies win World War II. A decade later in 1952, now working for Northrop, Schmued outlined a simple, single-engine jet ...

This collection consists of 8000 reels of 35 mm microfilm engineering drawings of aircraft and engines from the early years through World War II. The microfilm contains engineering drawings, reports, ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Just because an aircraft reaches production doesn’t make it successful. These five fighters struggled tactically, were accident-prone, or couldn’t justify their ...