Joe Engle flew everything from Super Sabres to the space shuttle, but it is as an X-15 pilot that he is perhaps best known.
Posted inStories
Jimmy Stewart Goes to Vietnam
WWII Veteran Jimmy Stewart flew his last bombing mission in Vietnam on February 21, 1966, while on Air Force Reserve duty—and it almost ended in disaster.
Posted inUncategorized
Daily Quiz for October 12, 2017
This man was the first president elected without winning the popular vote.
Posted inReview
Wild West Movie Review: Rango
Rango Paramount Pictures, 2011, PG-13. A crooked-necked, crusty-green lizard (the title chameleon) makes an […]
Posted inReview
Wild West Book Review: Written in Blood
Written in Blood: The History of Fort Worth’s Fallen Lawmen (Volume 1, 1861–1909) by […]
Posted inReview
Book Review: The Better Brother / Tom & George Custer and the Battle for the American West
The Better Brother: Tom & George Custer and the Battle for the American West […]
Posted inReview
Wild West Book Review: Bloody Bill Longley
Bloody Bill Longley: The Mythology of a Gunfighter (Second Edition) by Rick Miller, University […]
Posted inReview
Wild West Book Review: Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands
Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands by Roger L. Di Silvestro,Walker & Co., New York, […]
Posted inReview
Wild West Book Review: The Last Gunfight
The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral—And How […]
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual
Smith & Wesson’s Model No. 3 Six-Shooter: An Innovative American Classic
This revolver was the first U.S. large-caliber gun made for metallic cartridges.