Help came 29 years too late for Captain Bill Lancaster, missing on a record-chasing flight from England to South Africa.
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DC-3 Airliner
The Douglas Aircraft Company’s Grand Old Lady of the Skies — the DC-3 — still plies the airways it pioneered as the first practical airliner.
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Lores Bonney: Australian Female Pilot
Whether circumnavigating Australia, flying from Brisbane to London, or from Brisbane to Cape Town, Lores Bonney heard variations on the same theme: ‘This is no place for a woman.’ By 1937, she had proved all the naysayers wrong.
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Old Glory’s Final Ill-fated Flight: New York to Rome in 1927
On the heels of Charles Lindbergh’s famous flight, veteran airmail pilots J.D. Hill and Lloyd Bertaud were determined to set out for Rome in a Fokker monoplane dubbed Old Glory.
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Harold Gatty: Aerial Navigation Expert
A groundbreaker in aerial navigation, Australian Harold Gatty flew with and worked for many of the great names of aviation’s golden age.
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Memphis Belle: 25 Trips to Hell and Back
America’s most famous Flying Fortress found a permanent place in the hearts of Americans after her hazardous career in the European theater.
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Nancy Harkness Love: Female Pilot and First to Fly for the U.S. Military
Nancy Harkness Love proved her mettle in the air and gained recognition for women pilots in a man’s world.
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How the Mexican Air Force Helped Liberate the Philippines during World War II
The only Mexican Air Force unit to serve overseas during World War II, the Aztec Eagles fought to liberate the Philippines.
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World War II: The Cactus Air Force Fought at Guadalcanal
A small group of die-hard aviators fended off Japanese invaders at Guadalcanal, code-named ‘Cactus.’
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Ace for the Ages: World War I Fighter Pilot Manfred von Richthofen
Over a century since his death on the Western Front, fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen’s fame remains undimmed.