Designed during the closing years of WWII and introduced in 1945, the P-80 bridged the gap between propeller-driven aircraft ...

The aircraft was flying in the wake of a snowstorm and amid wind gusts that whipped at more than 40 mph. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the crash-landing where all 80 ...

As one would expect, the transition to jet-powered fighters was fraught with danger—and prototype P-80 test flights resulted ...