F3F Flying Barrel | 90-Second Aircraft Brief Take a 90-second tour of the legendary ‘F3F Flying Barrel’, one of the U.S. Navy’s last biplane fighters, at the National Museum of WWII Aviation in Colorado. Museum docent Ashby Taylor gives us a quick look at this iconic Grumman aircraft, explaining its role in pre-WWII and early WWII aviation history. Part of our National Museum of WWII Aviation Shorts series, showcasing historic aircraft that aren’t just preserved — they still fly. #F3F #FlyingBar

Why I love Italian design. The genius of the remarkable Stipa-Caproni. In 1932, Luigi Stipa, a brilliant aeronautical engineer designed an experimental aircraft. His idea was what he called the “intubed propeller”. The topline objective was to significantly increase propeller efficiency. Please watch this fascinating video by @real_nwyt and how this very odd looking testbed was truly revolutionary and in many ways inspired the future of flight. Creative minds. Brilliant engineering. Exhaustive e