U.S. Navy Aircraft History

The Coast Guard was responsible for helicopter development during World War II. One of their concerns was the rescue of the crew from a ship...

For background and other information on the Davis barrier, see the following entries. 22 September 2008 1 October 2008 26 September 2009 ...

I rediscovered an interesting report in the Vought archives this week, Notes on Comparison of Carrier and Land-based Fighter Airplanes Incor...

This assessment is based on a 1/50th scale model in the Grumman History Archives on Long Island and a three-page summary of Grumman's CW...

“One if by land, and two if by sea.” That line from Longfellow’s poem commemorating Paul Revere’s famous ride in 1775 was one of the justifi...

See July 2010 for an index of blog entries 1-99.

I recently read an excellent history of a carrier-based airplane but noted that the author, in the captions, did not bother to differentiate...