Old Six Sixty-Six and the Buka mission, two Medals of Honor in a single airplane
The story of Old 666, the patched-together B-17 whose June 1943 Buka mission earned two Medals of Honor in a single flight.
The Hangar
Aviation history and storytelling with Taildragger. Warbird restorations, legendary pilots, famous flights, and the stories that shaped aviation from the Wright Brothers to the Space Shuttle.
The DC two and a half and the impossible ferry flight out of China
The legendary story of the DC-2½, a Douglas DC-3 flown out of wartime China in 1941 with a mismatched DC-2 wing bolted to its fuselage.
The Twelve-Year Resurrection of Dottie Mae, the P-47 Thunderbolt That Ditched on VE Day
The P-47 Thunderbolt Dottie Mae ditched in an Austrian lake on VE Day 1945, sat submerged for 60 years, and flew again in 2017 after a 12-year restoration.
Amelia Earhart - separating the myth from the real pilot
Amelia Earhart was a skilled, courageous pilot whose real legacy is her flying, not her disappearance.
Bob Hoover and the greatest airshow performances ever flown
Bob Hoover's extraordinary career spanned a WWII prison escape, test flying, and airshow performances that redefined precision aerobatics.
Burt Rutan and the Voyager non-stop around the world flight
In 1986, Burt Rutan's homebuilt Voyager completed the first nonstop, unrefueled flight around the world in nine days.
The Berlin Airlift and the candy bombers
The Berlin Airlift sustained a city of 2.5 million by air for 15 months — and one pilot's act of kindness became its most enduring legacy.
The Lockheed Constellation - the most beautiful airliner ever built
The Lockheed Constellation combined revolutionary engineering with unmatched beauty, defining the golden age of propeller-driven air travel.
The Reno Air Races - pylon racing at four hundred miles per hour
The Reno Air Races pushed warbirds to 500+ mph at 50 feet off the desert floor for six decades of speed, engineering brilliance, and profound risk.
Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War Two
The Women Airforce Service Pilots flew 77 military aircraft types in WWII, yet waited 33 years for veterans' status.