Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of the Age of Speed […]
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Book Review: Air Mobility, by Robert C. Owen
Air Mobility: A Brief History of the American Experience by Robert C. Owen, Potomac […]
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Going Ballistic: Launching a Ballistic Missile by Air
Despite the many obstacles involved, a decades-long quest to develop air-launched ballistic missiles continues. […]
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Italy’s Consummate Showman: Italo Balbo
Italo Balbo organized a series of spectacular mass formation “air cruises” that became synonymous […]
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Zeros Over Oz: A Top-Secret Operation in the Pacific
A top-secret operation in Brisbane helped fill the intelligence gap on Japanese air power.
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Badass Pilots, A Vanishing Breed?
In its desire for conformity, the U.S. military may be losing some of its […]
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Goldilocks Fighter: What Made the F6F Hellcat “Just Right”?
Grumman’s F6F Hellcat was perfectly suited to young American naval aviators battling Zeros in […]
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A Rare Breed of Cat: The F6F-5
The Flying Heritage Collection’s F6F-5 joins a handful of flying Hellcats.
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The Perils of Pearl: Pearl White Ward
Pearl White Ward abandoned business school for the cockpit, then made a living jumping […]
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Doak’s One-Off: The Doak VZ-4DA
A rare VTOL bird demonstrated some promising flight characteristics, until it was sunk by […]