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The Scandal that Led to Harry S. Truman Becoming President and Marilyn Monroe Getting Married
Did Curtiss-Wright deliberately sell defective engines to the U.S. Army during WWII?
Would You Pay $2 Million For This Stamp?
Why do collectors go head over heels for airplane postage?
Flight of Fancy, Doomed From the Start
This inventor’s quixotic shot at air travel fell well short.
He Was a Young and Gifted Aviator—and then Fate Came Calling
As the old expression goes: only the good die young.
When a Vietnamese Ally Was Wounded, Two American Soldiers Had to Choose Obedience or Compassion
There was a time when U.S. helicopters were forbidden from rescuing wounded South Vietnamese soldiers.
Helicopters During the Civil War? Almost
In 1862, an Alabama architect conceived an aircraft with the potential to bomb Northern ships.
When the US Army Air Corps Needed to Rehab its Image, It Dispatched B-10 Bombers on an Epic Mission
In 1934, an officer named Hap Arnold established himself as a rising star in the Army Air Corps by leading a remarkable 8,290-mile round trip.
One Week Before This Pioneering Aviator’s Tragic Death, An American Watched Him Work
German inventor Otto Lilienthal had flown more than 2,000 times before his glider failed him.
This Pineapple Magnate Sponsored an Air Race to Hawaii. It Did Not Go Well.
In 1927, newspaper reporters convinced James Dole that an air contest would result in a publicity bonanza for his product. By the time it was over, a dozen people were dead.