Air Races

Why This Matchup Actually Mattered Pacific air combat history has gotten complicated with all the spec-sheet arguments flying around. As someone who spent years digging...

Two Jets That Shocked the World The MiG-15 vs F-86 Sabre debate has gotten complicated with all the myth, nationalistic revisionism, and flat-out bad math...

Two Very Different Ideas About What a Fighter Should Be The P-38 Lightning vs P-47 Thunderbolt debate has gotten complicated with all the armchair analysis...

Two Heavyweights Built for Different Wars The P-47 Thunderbolt vs FW 190 debate has gotten complicated with all the myth and half-remembered legend flying around....

Two Legendary Fighters, One Summer That Changed Everything The Messerschmitt Bf 109 vs. Spitfire debate has gotten complicated with all the myths and half-truths flying...

Two Great Fighters, One Brutal War The Corsair vs. Hellcat debate has gotten complicated with all the armchair analysis flying around. As someone who spent...

Two Bombers Built for Very Different Wars Lancaster vs B-17 has gotten complicated with all the mythology and bar-stool certainty flying around. As someone who...

Zero vs Wildcat — Who Really Owned the Pacific Skies The Zero vs Wildcat debate has gotten complicated with all the spec-sheet noise flying around....

B-17 vs B-29 — Which Bomber Actually Won WW2 The B-17 vs B-29 debate has gotten complicated with all the spec-sheet noise flying around. It...

P-51 Mustang vs Spitfire — Which Fighter Won WW2 Two Legends Built for Different Wars The P-51 Mustang vs Spitfire debate has gotten complicated with...