Daily Archives: Dec 15, 2025
Farewell to a Legend: The US Navy Retires the Iconic USS...
In a historic first, the U.S. Navy is navigating the intricate and unprecedented process of dismantling and scrapping a behemoth of American naval engineering—the decommissioned USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. After more than a decade since the ship's deactivation in 2012 and decommissioning in 2017, the...
The X-44 Manta: Shaping the Next Era of Air Superiority
In the high-stakes world of aerial warfare, where control of the skies can win wars, innovation is not only welcomed it's a necessity. The U.S. Air Force's vision of what that innovation would be was captured in the form of the X-44 Manta, a Lockheed Martin venture of apparently...
The Avrocar: Canada’s Vertical Take-Off “Flying Saucer” and Its Turbulent U.S....
In the era dominated by the Cold War, the search for air marvels in the skies was as much an issue of innovation as one of strategic imperative. Among the many rash adventures of the day, there was one airplane that seemed to leap off the pages of pulp...
