Endurance fliers Louise Thaden and Frances Marsalis triumphed over exhaustion—and media hype—in 1932. In […]
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Return to USS Macon
More than 70 years after the giant airship went down off the coast of […]
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Outgunned: An Me-109 pilot acknowledges defeat
August 31, 1940, proved to be Lieutenant Wilhelm “Willy” Fronhofer’s unlucky day. During a […]
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Labor of Love
How an unusual eBay offering led to the experience of a lifetime. Will never […]
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Into the Air
Louis XVI appointed two of his courtiers to become France’s first air travelers. Just […]
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Germany’s Cockeyed Kites
In their quest to give U-boats eyes in the sky, the Nazis developed and tested two small sub-carried spotter aircraft.
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Flights of Fancy
Air war pulp magazines introduced a generation of action-hungry Americans to drama on the […]
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Mustang Mission to Achmer
Bob McCandless witnessed a double Me-262 kill before his P-51 was shot down in […]
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The Lindbergh Line
Convinced the public was ready for air travel, “Lucky Lindy” launched an innovative air-and-rail service.
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Ace in a Day
Major Archie G. Donahue shot down five aircraft on a single mission—twice.