When Fred Avey joined “Pappy” Boyington’s flock, he found himself among a pack of wolves […]
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Burnelli and His Flying Fuselage
Vincent J. Burnelli wanted to incorporate maximum efficiency in the realm of air transport. The unorthodox result pioneered the wide-body cabin and the lifting-fuselage design.
Successor to the Flying Tigers: The China Air Task Force
The China Air Task Force was a scrappy but beleaguered fill-in that fought both the Japanese and supply shortcomings until the Fourteenth Air Force was formed.
World’s First Winged Airline
Scheduled service on the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line in the
winter of 1914 treated a passenger or two to a wooden seat, fresh
Florida air—and salt spray in the face.
The Autogiro & Grumman J2F Duck
Captain John Miller had what it took to fly the weird ones—the autogiro and the Grumman J2F Duck.
Interview: Colonel Evgeny Nikolayevitch Stepanov / Soviet Fighter on Three Fronts
In the years before World War II, Russia’s Evgeny Stepanov flew against the Germans over Spainand fought the Japanese over Khalkin Gol.
It’s all happening at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo
I do believe it’s true—the Kalamazoo ‘Air Zoo’ airplane collection features several lively aerial ‘animals’—and plenty more!
An SAS Rescue Mission Mission Gone Wrong
When covert operatives went into Italy to retrieve prisoners of war, little went according to plan.
This Frenchman Tried to Best the Wright Brothers on Their Home Turf
The Wrights won.
The Explosion of Mount Hood
One minute this 460-foot-long munition ship was there, then it wasn’t.