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Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning

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Curtiss XP-55-CS Ascender

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North American F-86A Sabre

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Pioneer RQ-2A UAV

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Overshoes from the Last Man on the Moon

These are the last human-worn objects to touch another world. When the crew of Apollo 17, the last Apollo Moon landing, returned to Earth after their record-breaking mission in December 1972, ...
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Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk

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Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC

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Rocket Belt, Bell No. 2

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Curtiss Robin J-1 Deluxe "Ole Miss"

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“Wonder Weapons” and Slave Labor

Recently I wrote about the overblown reputations of the “wonder weapons” that Nazi Germany deployed in the last year of World War II—notably, the V-1 cruise missile, the V-2 ballistic missile, the Me ...
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Republic F-105D Thunderchief

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