Flying Barrel News Today

The first swept-wing fighter built in Western Europe and a child of the Cold War, the Saab 29, sometimes also referred to as the J29, fittingly earned the moniker “Tunnan” or “Barrel.” Designed in the late 1940s, it was the second turbojet-powered combat aircraft developed in Sweden, after the Saab 21R.

The National Museum of World War II Aviation opened its doors with a historian-led tour in October 2012. Two people attended.

The Grumman F3F had the dubious honor of not only being the last biplane fighter to embark aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, but it was also the last such fighter to enter service with any branch of the U.S. military. With monoplanes on the horizon and the clouds of war gathering, Leroy Grumman’s robust Flying Barrel (as the type was affectionately known) served honorably in the years just prior to America's entry into WWII. History records the F3F as being Leroy Grumman’s third fi...

It was built to  solve the unique challenge of how to carry space shuttles 

Airways explores ten of the rarest birds that have taken to the skies, a unique look that highlights the remarkable evolution of flight.