The Hangar
Aug 22, 2026
How Jimmy Doolittle's 15-minute blind flight in 1929 invented instrument flying and changed aviation forever.
Taildragger The Hangar
Aug 19, 2026
How Jimmy Doolittle tamed the deadly Gee Bee Model R to win the 1932 Thompson Trophy at 252 mph - then walked away for good.
Taildragger The Hangar
Aug 17, 2026
How Jimmy Doolittle tamed the Gee Bee Model R - aviation's most feared racer - to win the 1932 Thompson Trophy and a world speed record.
Taildragger The Hangar
Aug 14, 2026
The story of the Gee Bee Model R and how Jimmy Doolittle rode the most dangerous racer in America to a 1932 Thompson Trophy win.
Taildragger The Hangar
Aug 11, 2026
How Jimmy Doolittle flew the deadly Gee Bee R-1 to a 296 mph world record in 1932 - then walked away from racing for good.
Taildragger The Hangar
Aug 8, 2026
How Jimmy Doolittle's 1929 blind flight proved airplanes could fly safely on instruments alone, launching the modern age of IFR aviation.
Taildragger The Hangar
Aug 6, 2026
How Jimmy Doolittle won the 1932 Thompson Trophy in the deadly Gee Bee R-1 - then walked away from racing forever.
Taildragger The Hangar
Aug 4, 2026
How the Granville Brothers built the deadly Gee Bee R-1 around a huge engine, and how Jimmy Doolittle rode it to win the 1932 Thompson Trophy.
Taildragger The Hangar
Jul 31, 2026
How Jimmy Doolittle tamed the deadly Gee Bee Model R to win the 1932 Thompson Trophy and set a 296 mph world speed record.
Taildragger The Hangar
Jul 29, 2026
How Jimmy Doolittle tamed the deadly Gee Bee R-1 to win the 1932 Thompson Trophy and set a world speed record at Cleveland.
Taildragger The Hangar
Jul 27, 2026
On September 24, 1929, Jimmy Doolittle flew from takeoff to landing entirely on instruments, launching the age of instrument flight.
Taildragger The Hangar
Jul 24, 2026
The Gee Bee Super Sportster earned a killer reputation, but Doolittle and Delmar Benjamin proved it was demanding, not evil.
Taildragger The Hangar
Jul 21, 2026
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.
Taildragger The Hangar
Jul 5, 2026
The Gee Bee Super Sportster was the fastest piston racer of the 1930s - a machine so demanding it required genius to fly and cost its creators everything to build.
Taildragger The Hangar
Jun 26, 2026
On September 24, 1929, Jimmy Doolittle completed the world's first fully blind flight at Mitchell Field - the 15-minute demonstration that invented IFR.
Taildragger The Hangar
Apr 22, 2026
The Doolittle Raid of April 1942 launched sixteen B-25 bombers from a carrier deck to strike Tokyo and alter the course of the Pacific War.
Taildragger The Hangar
Apr 21, 2026
The Gee Bee Super Sportster was the fastest and most dangerous racing airplane of the 1930s, built by five self-taught brothers in a converted dance hall.
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