Artist-engineer Alexander Lippisch conceived more than 50 radical aircraft designs, including the Nazis’ rocket-powered Me-163.
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OS2U Kingfisher: Workhorse of the Fleet
Vought’s versatile Kingfisher served as a gun spotter, patrol plane, anti-submarine scout, utility transport and trainer, but downed aircrews remembered it best as an “angel on floats”
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The Sky My Kingdom
The Sky My Kingdom: Memoirs of the Famous German World War II Test Pilot […]
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Book Review: Aces High
Aces High by Bill Yenne, Berkley Caliber, New York, 2009, $25.95. Bill Yenne’s name […]
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Made in America
Long before the United States officially entered World War II, it was the world’s […]
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Kamikaze Killer
The naval version of the Spitfire had its share of teething troubles, but by […]
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Duel in the Rising Sun
A young aviation machinist’s mate and a veteran Japanese Zero pilot squared off at […]
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What Really Happened to Amelia Earhart?
Why the endless fascination with a woman who by most accounts was a mediocre […]
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World’s First Ace
Adolphe Pégoud enjoyed international fame even before World War I.