The Cold War was a difficult time, with elementary school children practicing "Duck and Cover" nuclear attack drills while some families set up fallout shelters in their homes and yards. The chief ...
Flying aircraft carriers were not just the dreams of the writers of Doctor Who and Marvel’s The Avengers. They were a real concept created by the United States at the height of the Cold War. Back in ...
What if the U.S. Air Force had a flying nuclear-powered carrier? In the 1960s, Lockheed proposed just that with the CL-1201 a massive aircraft that could stay airborne for weeks, providing a mobile ...