Aviation History
Kelly Bell |
Published: March 05, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Polish airmen fought valiantly against marauding Messerschmitts during the Battle of Britain, only to see their contributions largely ignored at war's end as Poland was absorbed into the Communist bloc.
Jon Guttman |
Published: January 24, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Richard Ira Bong shot down 40 Japanese aircraft and "ruled the air from New Guinea to the Philippines" on his way to becoming America's Ace of Aces.
Otto Kreisher |
Published: January 16, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Used primarily for search and rescue in the Korean War's early days, choppers had become an essential battlefield tool by the conflict's end.
Jon Guttman |
Published: January 05, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Georges Guynemer was only France's second-ranking ace of World War I, but he remains the most famous of them all.
William B. Allmon |
Published: November 14, 2006 at 11:09 am
Captain James Jabara became the first American ace in Korea when he turned his fifth MiG into a 'whirl of fire'...and he had only just begun. Before he was done, he would record 15 'kills.'
Published: November 06, 2006 at 1:41 pm
With 27 1/2 confirmed aerial kills, George Preddy -- the top-scoring Mustang ace of World War II -- was undefeated until he ran into friendly fire on Christmas Day during the 1944 Ardennes offensive.By Kelly Bell
Published: November 06, 2006 at 1:38 pm
More than just a record-smashing speed king, Frank M. Hawks was a true visionary who also served as goodwill ambassador to the world for the developing U.S. aviation industry. By Walter A. Musciano
Published: November 06, 2006 at 1:14 pm
Graf Zeppelin's epic around-the-world flight was a mixed experience for passengers and crew alike -- but the airship would go on to log more than 1 million miles.By Eric Niderost
Published: October 25, 2006 at 11:16 am
Captain and crew struggled valiantly to keep the giant dirigible on course and airborne in a violent Midwestern storm.By Wilbur Cross
Published: September 05, 2006 at 9:41 am
Keeping the famed Afrika Korps supplied during its desert blitzkrieg was a logistical nightmare for the German high command. Allied forces were determined to deny Field Marshal Albert Kesselring's fleet of huge transport planes access to North Africa.By Vincent Cortright
Published: September 01, 2006 at 2:14 pm
The 40th Bomb Group tamed America's biggest and deadliest bombers of World War II -- the Boeing B-29 Superfortresses -- to help subdue the Japanese.By Daniel Wyatt
Published: July 28, 2006 at 11:10 am
World War II in the Pacific was a fight to seize and defend airfields. The Japanese made gaining and maintaining control of the air as much a requirement in their basic war strategy as they did the destruction of the …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:18 pm
Under General Henry H. 'Hap' Arnold, America's air arm became the largest and most potent air force in history. By C.V. Glines
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:18 pm
Groundbreaking pilot Hanna Reitsch was determined to fly from early childhood, and she would set more than 40 records in her lifetime. But she was tragically slow to recognize the ruin into which the Nazis were leading her homeland.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Hermann Graf was one of the Luftwaffe's most decorated -- and forgotten -- aces.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
B.F. Mahoney was the 'mystery man' behind the Ryan company that built Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis.
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