A touch of royal elegance graces the skies over Virginia Beach. On March 21, […]
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Beech Starship: ‘Little Bighorn With Wings’
Expectations were high when Burt Rutan teamed up with Beech to produce the Starship […]
Lloyd Stearman’s Sturdy Biplanes Trained Generations of Aviators
Lloyd Stearman’s sturdy airplanes earned a worldwide reputation for performance and reliability during aviation’s Golden Age.
The Timeless Boeing 75
More than eight decades after its introduction, the classic Stearman continues to thrill pilots […]
Queen of the Air
The beautiful Beech Staggerwing Model 17 embodies the handcrafted elegance of the golden age […]
‘Big Ears Three’ and the Battle of Bien Hoa
A 19-year-old sentry assigned to a listening post at a U.S. air base gets […]
The Battle of Surigao Strait: The Last Battleship Duel
Japan’s Shoji Nishimura rushed on, impatient to find either glory or death in Surigao Strait. He found both.
12 Civilians Who Played Unusual, Outsized Roles in the Civil War
These wartime civilians never quite got the recognition they deserved.
Was World War II Ace ‘Butch’ O’Hare Killed by Friendly Fire?
The Navy’s first ace of World War II disappeared mysteriously one night during the Tarawa campaign.
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.