Italian Aces of World War 1 by Paolo Varriale, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, England, 2009, […]
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Aviation History Book Review: Orville’s Aviators
Orville’s Aviators: Outstanding Alumni of the Wright Flying School, 1910-1916 by John Carver Edwards, […]
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Gunships: The Story of Spooky, Shadow, Stinger and Spectre
Gunships: The Story of Spooky, Shadow, Stinger and Spectre by Wayne Mutza, Specialty Press, North […]
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Aviation History Book Review: Forgotten Weapon
Forgotten Weapon: U.S. Navy Airships and the U-Boat War by William F. Althoff, Naval […]
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A Showman Takes the Lead
Perhaps no other pilot personifies the carefree days of aviation’s Golden Age better than […]
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Pacific Blitz
A B-29 pilot recalls battling weather fronts, fighters and flak to rain fire on […]
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The Grumman F8F Bearcat: An Engine With a Saddle
What the bantamweight Bearcat lacked in finesse it made up for with brute strength.
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Howard Hughes’ Twin-Boom Boondoggle
The Hughes D-2 went up in flames before the Army Air Forces even had an opportunity to test it.
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Scratch-Built Peashooter
After a decade of dedicated effort, the San Diego Air & Space Museum’s P-26A […]
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Aviation History Briefing- May 2010
BABY P-38 Texan Jim O’Hara learned to fly when he was 62, an age […]