On this day in aviation history, January 27, 1939, the Lockheed XP-38 made its first flight. Developed under great secrecy, the aircraft would become famous during WWII as the legendary Lockheed P-38 ...

In 1949, a passenger plane and a military craft collided near Washington DC, launching a grim recovery effort in the Potomac ...

Lockheed's P-38 introduced the concept of the interceptor a fighter aircraft of great speed and high rate of climb. As WWII progressed the lighting was developed in to a wide range of roles ...

In that crash, a military Lockheed P-38 Lightning having engine trouble slammed into an Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-4, according to the Arlington Historical Society. Fifty-five people died in the ...