Daily Quiz for February 21, 2020

The Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright required states provide this to criminal suspects....

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Canadian Museum Reacts to French Plan to Build Near Juno Beach

Don Cooper, president of Juno Beach Centre, a museum dedicated to the 14,000 Canadian troops who landed on D-Day, has taken aim at local French politicians who plan to build “high-density housing” at a site widely considered to be...

World War II

The Difference Between ‘Shell Fragments’ and ‘Shrapnel’

A military historian sets the record straight on the oft-confused terminology....

World War II

‘That memory will just never, ever go away’: Hershel Williams Recalls Iwo...

HistoryNet interviews Iwo Jima veteran Hershel "Woody" Williams, the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the Pacific War....

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Daily Quiz for February 20, 2020

The 29th NVA Regiment was known as this....

Aviation History Magazine

Legacy of Flight: Historic Flights of Howard Hughes and Henri Jullerot

January 14, 1936, Newark, N.J.—American aviator Howard Hughes arrived at Newark Airport after completing a record-breaking sprint across the North American continent. The flight started in Burbank, Calif., and ended 9 hours, 27 minutes...

Aviation History Magazine

Airware Review: Falcon 4.0- Allied Force

Simulations usually fall into one of two categories, survey simulations or study simulations. The survey simulation is a product featuring multiple aircraft, delivering variety at the expense of some detail. The study simulation focuses on...

Aviation History Magazine

An Aviatrix from Down Under

There’s an old saying in Outback Australia: Any really good piece of equipment that never breaks down is said to be “a bit like Pat’s ax: It may have had two new heads and four new handles, but it’s the same ax!” That description...

Aviation History Magazine

Steve Ingraham’s A Bit-O-Lace

Boeing B-17s clad in their war paint of olive drab and neutral gray were a common sight over Europe during World War II. Many artists have depicted formations of heavy bombers heading off under leaden skies to targets across the Channel....

Aviation History Magazine

Aviation History Book Review: Chopper

Chopper by Robert F. Dorr, Berkley Publishing Group, 2005, $24.95. Bob Dorr is a prolific aviation writer, covering a vast variety of subjects in an amazing number of publications, all with great authority and accuracy. At the same time,...

Aviation History Magazine

Aviation History Book Review: Vagabonds of the Sky

Vagabonds of the Sky by Bruce McAllister, Roundup Press, Boulder, Colo., $29.95. This photographic history is a must-have for those interested in early flight. Page after page of outstanding photographs make for easy entertainment and the...

Aviation History Magazine

Aviation History Book Review: Eye of the Viper

Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot by Peter Aleshire, Lyons Press, Guilford, Conn., $22.95. The U.S. Air Force calls the General Dynamics F-16 jet fighter the Fighting Falcon, but the men and women who fly it call it the Viper....

Aviation History Magazine

Donald Nijboe’s Graphic War

Where were the fuel tanks and other vulnerable points on a Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero? What were the components of the Type F.N.120 tail gun turret on an Avro Lancaster? What was the electrical installation on a Junkers Ju-88A? What was the...

Aviation History Magazine

Erich Hartmann: Best in the East

The highest-scoring German ace of WWII—and of all time—chalked up an incredible 352 aerial victories. The Soviet pilot German warplanes. It was May 8, 1945—Adolf Hitler had been dead for over a week, and Germany was surrendering....

Aviation History Magazine

Battling with Borrowed Beaus

Flying a British plane with the aid of British radar, an American aircrew shot down what may have been a secret Nazi flight over the Mediterranean. The Bristol Beaufighter shrouded in the darkness of the winter night of December 28, 1944....

Aviation History Magazine

Build Your Own: Bristol F.2B

When the Bristol Company’s F.2A made its World War I debut over the Western Front on April 5, 1917, German fighters had a field day. Of the six British aircraft from No. 48 Squadron that entered the fray, four were shot down in quick...

Daily Quiz for February 21, 2020

Canadian Museum Reacts to French Plan to Build Near Juno Beach

The Difference Between ‘Shell Fragments’ and ‘Shrapnel’

‘That memory will just never, ever go away’: Hershel Williams Recalls Iwo...

Daily Quiz for February 20, 2020

Legacy of Flight: Historic Flights of Howard Hughes and Henri Jullerot

Airware Review: Falcon 4.0- Allied Force

An Aviatrix from Down Under

Steve Ingraham’s A Bit-O-Lace

Aviation History Book Review: Chopper

Aviation History Book Review: Vagabonds of the Sky

Aviation History Book Review: Eye of the Viper

Donald Nijboe’s Graphic War

Erich Hartmann: Best in the East

Battling with Borrowed Beaus

Build Your Own: Bristol F.2B

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