Northrop AlphaNorthrop Alpha TWA airplane model. The Northrop Alpha represents a notable point of transition in modern airline design, for it combined features of the past and of the future in a very utilitarian package. The passengers were enclosed in a comfortable cabin, while the pilot remained exposed and sensitive to the elements. The modern aspects of the Alpha all metal structure, semi monocoque fuselage, and cantilever wing were partially offset by the use

Employ it they did

it was tactically confusing to an enemy pilot

During the Norwegian campaign

semi-tailless aircraft was designed and built by Northrop Aircraft

Wingspan 17 1/8 inches

McDonnell Douglas first announced the MD-95 at the Paris Airshow in June 1991

The Lockheed C-130J may share its silhouette with its predecessors

874-lb) warhead

Despite some criticism from Albert Ball

Much like a real camel

On July 20

At Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas