When most aviation enthusiasts think of military aircraft bearing the name “cobra,” chances are the first warbird that comes to their minds is the AH-1W Whiskey Cobra helicopter gunship. This is ...

The Bell P-63 Kingcobra first flew on December 7, 1942. An improved successor to the P-39, the fighter saw extensive service ...

The P-39 Airacobra may be the least loved American fighter plane of World War II, deemed inadequate by military planners at the outset of hostilities and written off as nearly useless by many ...

In 2004, salvagers pulled a Bell P-39 from a Siberian lake, where 60 years earlier pilot Ivan Baranovsky had crash-landed it. Courtesy Boris Osetinskiy Via Mark Sheppard And Ilya Grinberg Most of the ...

The P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra were manufactured by the Bell Aircraft Corporation on April 6, 1938, and December 7, 1942, respectively. The P-39 was innovative in multiple ways: First, it had ...