Fifty years ago a British balloonist and a husband-and-wife team disappeared without a trace as they attempted to fly the Atlantic in a balloon dubbed ‘The Free Life’
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One-Oh-Wonder: The Amazing F-101 Voodoo
Conceived as a fighter escort for SAC nuclear bombers, then adapted to other roles, McDonnell’s 1,000-mph F-101 Voodoo made its mark as a photoreconnaissance platform and fighter-interceptor.
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How Convair’s Big B-36 Kept the Peace By Not Dropping the Bomb
Convair’s giant B-36 bomber fulfilled its primary mission by never serving in combat
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Flying the World in Pan Am’s Clippers: When Airline Travel Was an Adventure
The big flying boats of the 1930s and ’40s offered passengers more timely international travel without sacrificing the comforts of a cruise ship
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The Story Behind One of the Oddest Airplanes of World War II
The Luftwaffe’s first jet-propelled medium bomber test-bed featured forward-swept wings
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Air War Over A Green Hell: Biplanes Battle for Supremacy in South America
A mixed bag of aircraft imported from the United States and Europe played an outsized role in the 1930s war between Bolivia and Paraguay.
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Epitaph for a Hero: The Search for a WWII MIA Pilot
Nearly 80 years after their C-47 crashed into a mountain in China, the remains of a transport pilot and his fellow crewmen have yet to be recovered.
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July 4, 1942: The Mighty Eighth’s First Bombing Raid
The joint American-British Independence Day 1942 air raid was a costly start to the Eighth Air Force’s European bombing campaign…but it was a start
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Flying and Dying in France: A Red Devil’s World War I Odyssey
Of four friends who were among the first Americans to train as combat pilots in France, only one completed his training and survived the war.
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Earning My Gold Wings: A U.S. Navy Pilot at the Dawn of the Sixties
A U.S. Navy helicopter pilot recounts the ups and downs of his flight training at the dawn of the Sixties.