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The History Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Part 3: The Cold War
Aviation Oil Outlet on Dec 12th 2016

For the rest of The History of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles series, you can read Part 1: WWI here a…
Aviation History
Plane of the Week: The Red Baron's Fokker Dr.I
Aviation Oil Outlet on Dec 2nd 2016

The Fokker Dr.I triplane was introduced in 1917 by Dutch aircraft manufacturer, Fokker-Flugzeug…
Plane Of The Week
Aviation Mysteries: D.B. Cooper
Aviation Oil Outlet on Nov 28th 2016

45 years ago, on November 24, 1971, an unidentified man hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft somewhere in …
Aviation History
The History of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Part 1: WWI
Aviation Oil Outlet on Nov 14th 2016

When we think of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), it's easy to limit our thought to present-day UAVs…
Aviation History
Plane of the Week: Bell X-1
Aviation Oil Outlet on Nov 4th 2016

The Bell X-1, piloted by Chuck Yeager, was the first manned airplane to exceed the speed of sound in…
Plane Of The Week
What's the Deal with North Korean Airspace?
Aviation Oil Outlet on Nov 1st 2016

If you use a flight tracker to view live air traffic (such as flightradar24) or another type of map …
General Aviation
Bob Hoover, Infamous "pilot's pilot" Dies at 94
Aviation Oil Outlet on Oct 26th 2016

Bob Hoover is among the elite of the aviation world. Although this American icon of heroism a…
Aviation News
Plane of the Week: Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound
Aviation Oil Outlet on Oct 14th 2016

The MiG-31 Foxhound is one of the fastest combat jets in the world. The Mikoyan MiG-31 (NATO cod…
Plane Of The Week
Smoky the War Dog--Hero of the Air Force and National Sensation
Aviation Oil Outlet on Oct 10th 2016

Smoky: the Little Dog that Could Corporal Bill Wynne first met Smoky in the beginning of 1944 wh…
Aviation History