A tragic accident led to the creation of the modern air traffic control system and the FAA
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Aviation History Book Review: Winning Armageddon
Almost as soon as World War II was won, America found itself challenged by its recent ally, the Soviet Union, in a generational rivalry that would come to be known as the Cold War.
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Build a Fisher XP-75 Eagle
The 1/72nd-scale Fisher XP-75 Eagle model offered by the Czech company Valom is a short-run multimedia kit. In a way, it’s fitting, as the actual XP-75 was also a “short-run” fighter, with only a handful ever being built.
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Soccer Is More Than Just a Game in This World War II Film
Allied POWs use an unlikely weapon to defy the Nazis in John Huston’s “Victory.”
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In Remembrance of 9/11
The 19th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks are being altered owing to […]
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Sgt. Reckless: The Four Legged Hero of the Korean War
“I looked back at the eastern skyline through all the smoke and swinging flare light and could hardly believe my eyes,” one veteran recalled.
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Coming Out Catholic in Colonial Maryland
The Puritans weren’t the only sect to seek freedom to worship in North America
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Helicopters of the Vietnam War
Images of 11 helicopters that played a vital role in the Vietnam War.
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Book Review: The Life and Art of Joseph Henry Sharp
A look at the work of Joseph Henry Sharp, a founding member of the preeminent Taos Society of Artists
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Hawker Hurricane Mark I
The Hawker Hurricane accounted for more than half of the 2,741 aerial victories claimed by RAF Fighter Command during the 1940 Battle of Britain