The rocket-powered Me-163 Komet interceptor outperformed every other World War II combat aircraft…if its pilots lived to fight
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Solving the Problem of ‘Fog Flying’
How private philanthropy, inventive engineers and a courageous pilot put the “I” in IFR. […]
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Across the Hypersonic Divide: Story of the X-15 Rocket Plane
The X-15 tested the limits of speed and altitude for winged aircraft, bridging the gap between the air and space ages.
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Surprise Aerial Raid From the Sea at Tondern
To kill German zeppelins in their roosts, the British Royal Navy unveiled a secret weapon: the aircraft carrier
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Brown Water Admiral
Hard-charging Elmo Zumwalt’s Operation Sealords blasted the Viet Cong out of the waters of the Mekong Delta
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F-117A: The Black Jet
Operating at night and virtually invisible to radar, the F-117A Nighthawk racked up a near-perfect combat record.
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The Remarkable Mrs. Markham
Little-remembered today, the adventurous Kenya bush pilot outdid her contemporary Amelia Earhart by flying the Atlantic solo the hard way
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The Last Flight of Hobo 28
In one of America’s worst “Broken Arrow” incidents, a B-52 carrying four hydrogen bombs […]
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Nonstop to Hawaii By Air and Sea
When Commander John Rodgers’ PN-9 ran low on fuel 400 miles short of his destination, like a good Navy man he rigged the flying boat and sailed the rest of the way.
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America’s Last Living Triple Fighter Ace
Triple fighter ace and test pilot Bud Anderson is a legend in his own […]