To War in a Stringbag is the extraordinary autobiography of an extraordinary naval aviator, Commander Charles Lamb, who experienced combat from the first days of World War II until the final stages of the Pacific campaign.
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Hollywood and Drones: The Forgotten Connection
Actor Reginald Denny was instrumental in launching the target drone, and his factory launched a new star.
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Book Review: Project Terminated / Famous Military Aircraft Cancellations of the Cold War and What Might Have Been
Project Terminated: Famous Military Aircraft Cancellations of the Cold War and What Might Have […]
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Bertie Lee’s Final Flight
With two engines out and a fire in the bomb bay, the battered B-17’s […]
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Deadly Duo: Sopwith Camel and Fokker Triplane
Two of the world’s most famous fighters—the Sopwith Camel and Fokker triplane—are arguably the most overrated.
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Larry Bell and the Birth of the First Practical Civilian Helicopter
Snowy Buffalo, on the shores of Lake Erie in upstate New York, might seem an unlikely place for cutting-edge developments in vertical flight during the 1940s.
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Short-Lived Glory of a Canberra Bomber
English Electric Canberra WD932’s brief but distinguished service life ended in tragedy
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You’ll Never Believe What This Tuskegee Airman Accomplished In His First Dogfight
Harry Stewart earned a Distinguished Flying Cross in his first dogfight as a Tuskegee Airman.
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Treasure From the Raj
Discovered in an elephant barn in India, two World War I bombers have been […]
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Man-Carrying Kite
Sam Perkins set many records with his new invention, but when he tried to sell the military on it, they told him to go fly a kite.