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Stratoliner: Grace Under Pressure
The world’s first pressurized airliner took passenger transport to new heights. Anyone who has […]
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Roald Dahl’s Wartime Adventures
The celebrated children’s author flew Gloster Gladiators and Hawker Hurricanes for the RAF before […]
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The Sea Dart: Convair’s Incredible Wet Jet
The XF2Y-1 Sea Dart was the only airplane to water-ski its way skyward.
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Maid in the Shade
After nearly three decades of restoration work, a B-25 World War II veteran will […]
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Aerobat ‘Speed’ Holman
The daredevil Midwestern flier lived fast and died fast. Charles W. “Speed” Holman put […]
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Grumman Gulfstream I: The Bizjet Turns 50
The first-ever business plane was a Curtiss JN-4 owned by the Heddon Co., a […]
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I Could Never Be So Lucky Again: Book Review
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again by General James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle, with Carroll […]
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Book Review – The Nieuport 28: America’s First Fighter
The Nieuport 28: America’s First Fighter by Theodore Hamady, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, Pa., 2008, […]
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The Quest for Zerzura
Laszlo Almasy pioneered the aerial exploration of the North African desert, locating Egypt’s legendary […]