Lloyd Stearman’s sturdy airplanes earned a worldwide reputation for performance and reliability during aviation’s Golden Age.
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This Flying Saucer Was For Real
Canada’s Avrocar only got 18 inches off the ground, but it signaled the first step toward practical application of vectored thrust.
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Flying Fort Gets a Facelift
The Midwestern gate guard stands in for a storied six-mission bomber. The Boeing B-17F […]
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The Luftwaffe’s Devil in the Dark
After sundown, the Luftwaffe’s leading night fighter wreaked havoc on RAF bomber formations. Germans […]
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Daily Quiz for March 29, 2018
Before Harriet Beecher Stowe became America’s favorite female novelist with the release of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852, this author held that position.
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Wild West DVD Review: How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won three-disc special,Warner Home Video, 2008, 164 minutes, $29.98. Warner […]
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Wild West Book Review: A Remarkable Curiosity
A Remarkable Curiosity: Dispatches from a New York City Journalist’s 1873 Railroad Trip across […]
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Wild West Book Review: Massacre at Bear River
Massacre at Bear River: First, Worst, Forgotten by Rod Miller, Caxton Press, Caldwell, Idaho, […]
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Wild West Book Review: The Wild West Catalog
The Wild West Catalog by Bruce Wexler, Running Press, Philadelphia, 2008, $19.95. In trying […]
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Wild West Book Review: Navigating the Missouri
Navigating the Missouri: Steamboating on Nature’s Highway, 1819–1935 by William E. Lass, The Arthur […]