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Immaculate Restorations

by Stephan Wilkinson3/11/20153/13/2015

MeierMotors, thanks to PRman/webmaster Matthias Dorst, has flooded warbird forums with photos of MM’s restorers at work on a variety of notable airplanes.

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Herk Rescue Mission

by mbartels3/11/20158/3/2015

On November 24, 1964, Mrs. Marilyn Wendler was an 11-year-old missionary’s daughter scrambling aboard […]

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by bhenwood1/23/20151/8/2016

1. My grandfather, Andrew Jesse Smith—known as “Bobby”—served in the war, and this pair […]

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The Mosquito Fighter-Bomber Did It All in WWII, Quickly Amassing a Combat Record No Other Plane Could Touch

by Stephan Wilkinson1/8/20154/7/2023

De Havilland’s versatile Wooden Wonder racked up an admirable record within a remarkably short timespan.

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Original Air Force One

by Dick Smith11/13/20144/13/2016

An L-749 Constellation is the first aircraft to carry the coveted call sign “Air Force One.”

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Murmansk or Die

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Blasting winds, vicious cold, driving sleet, treacherous ice, and relentless German attacks made the Arctic supply run to Soviet Russia the worst sea journey in the world

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Seabee Revival

by Stephan Wilkinson9/3/20144/13/2016

Every dog has its day—even a Seabee. A design bought by Republic to help […]

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Charles Howard: A Wild and Splendid Man

by Norman Goldstein8/28/20146/3/2015

An aristocratic title couldn’t keep the venturesome Earl of Suffolk from life on the razor’s edge in wartime Europe

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Flight Test Museum to Expand

by Robert Bernier7/10/20147/11/2014

The Air Force Flight Test Museum, located at Edwards Air Force Base in California, is planning a move to bigger quarters.

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Patuxent Crown Jewel

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While the Wright brothers were supplying versions of their Flyer to the U.S. Army, […]

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