Despite his early opposition to American involvement in World War II, Charles Lindbergh made […]
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Remembering Wally
Before he became one of the Mercury Seven, irreverent astronaut Walter Schirra cut his […]
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Sentinel Soars Once More
A father-and-son team spent eight years piecing together a ground-looped Stinson L-5E. “It was […]
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This Odd Airplane Was Designed by a Podiatrist
During the interwar years, a Midwestern podiatrist designed one of the most radical aircraft […]
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Pacific War Action
Mission variety adds spice to both Pacific Carriers and Dogfight 1942. Fans of Pacific […]
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Book Review: Jet Age Man / SAC B-47 and B-52 Operations in the Early Cold War
Jet Age Man: SAC B-47 and B-52 Operations in the Early Cold War by […]
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Superforts vs. MiGs
Over Korea, prop-driven bombers tackled an unfamiliar mission and faced Soviet-built jets for the […]
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Flight of the Wellesleys
In 1938 three RAF single-engine bombers set out on an adventure to Oz, hoping to break a nonstop distance record.
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SR-71 Blackbird ‘Unstart’ Over Murmansk
All hell broke loose at 83,000 feet, just as a Soviet SAM site had the SR-71 Blackbird in its sights.
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American Kamikaze
U.S. Navy pilot “Griff” Griffin survived intense combat in the Pacific War, then trained […]