Aluminum Overcast - How EAA Volunteers Rescued a B-17 and Made Her the Heart of the Flightline
How EAA volunteers saved B-17 'Aluminum Overcast' - a bomber that missed WWII by five days - and kept her flying as living history.
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.
Bob Hoover, the Iced Tea, and the Shrike Commander That Flew Both Engines Dead at Oshkosh
The story of Bob Hoover, the legendary pilot who flew aerobatics with both engines dead and poured iced tea while rolling upside down.
Chuck Yeager, Glamorous Glennis, and the Morning the Bell X One Broke the Sound Barrier
How Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 on October 14, 1947 - with two cracked ribs and a sawed-off broomstick.
Doc the B Twenty-Nine and the Wichita Volunteers Who Pulled a Superfortress Off the Bombing Range
How volunteers pulled the B-29 Doc off a desert bombing range and spent 16 years restoring her to flight.
Leo Loudenslager, the Laser 200, and the Airline Captain Who Rebuilt Aerobatics One Rivet at a Time
How airline captain Leo Loudenslager built the Laser 200 by hand and won seven U.S. and one world aerobatic title, reshaping modern airshows.
Paul Poberezny, the Baby Ace, and the Basement in Milwaukee Where the Whole Homebuilt Movement Began
How Paul Poberezny founded the EAA in his Milwaukee basement in 1953 and sparked the entire homebuilt aircraft movement.
Steve Wittman, Buster, and the Little Racer That Gave Oshkosh Its Name
Steve Wittman was the self-taught Wisconsin racer whose homebuilt speed machines and spring-steel landing gear earned him a legacy - and Oshkosh's airport its name.
The Curtiss JN-4 Jenny and the Ninety-Dollar Surplus Trainer That Turned a Generation of Pilots Loose on America
How $50 surplus Curtiss JN-4 'Jenny' biplanes launched the barnstorming era and put ordinary Americans in the sky.
The de Havilland Beaver and the Bush Pilots Who Told de Havilland Exactly What to Build
How Canadian bush pilots wrote the spec for the de Havilland Beaver in 1947, creating a floatplane that still works worldwide today.
The Ford Tri-Motor, the Tin Goose, and the Corrugated Airliner That Still Sells Rides on the Oshkosh Flightline
The Ford Tri-Motor 'Tin Goose' is a 1920s corrugated-metal airliner you can still buy a ride on today, thanks to the EAA at Oshkosh.
The Gee Bee Super Sportster and the Flying Barrel That Jimmy Doolittle Rode to Three Hundred Miles an Hour
The story of the Gee Bee Super Sportster, the barrel-shaped racer Jimmy Doolittle flew to 296 mph in 1932 - and why it wasn't the murderer history claimed.
The Piper J-3 Cub and the Little Yellow Taildragger That Taught America to Fly
How the Piper J-3 Cub, a 65-horsepower yellow taildragger, taught most of a generation of American pilots to fly.
The Spartan Executive - When Tulsa Oil Money Built a Two Hundred Mile An Hour Flying Office
Radio Hangar explores The Spartan Executive - When Tulsa Oil Money Built a Two Hundred Mile An Hour Flying Office.
Calbraith Perry Rodgers and the Vin Fiz - The First Flight Across America
How Cal Rodgers flew the Vin Fiz coast-to-coast in 1911, surviving 16 crashes to become the first person to fly across America.
Don Sheldon, the Talkeetna Glacier Pilot Who Landed a Super Cub on the Roof of Denali
How Alaskan bush pilot Don Sheldon mastered glacier landings on Denali in a Piper Super Cub, saving stranded climbers and pioneering ski-plane flying.
Douglas Bader, the Tin-Legged Ace Who Flew the Battle of Britain on Two Artificial Legs
How RAF ace Douglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 crash and still flew the Battle of Britain on two artificial legs.
Glacier Girl and the Lost Squadron - The P Thirty-Eight Pulled From Two Hundred Sixty-Eight Feet of Greenland Ice
How a P-38 Lightning buried under 268 feet of Greenland ice for 50 years was recovered and flew again as Glacier Girl.
Neil Armstrong the Aviator - The Navy Panther, the X-15, and the Pilot Behind Tranquility Base
Before Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong was a Navy combat pilot and X-15 test pilot - and that flying is what got him to the moon.
Ormer Locklear, King of the Wing Walkers, and the Night Dive Over DeMille Field
The story of Ormer Locklear, the first wing walker, who invented aerial stunting in barnstorming's golden age before dying at age 28.
Pardo's Push - The F Four Phantom Pilot Who Flew Another Fighter Home on His Windshield
How F-4 pilot Bob Pardo pushed a crippled Phantom nearly 90 miles to safety over Vietnam in 1967, a feat known as Pardo's Push.