Before Pearl Harbor, 100 American volunteers flew shark-mouthed P-40s under Claire Chennault's unconventional tactics to hold the line over Burma and China.
TaildraggerOn October 1, 1942, America secretly flew its first jet-powered aircraft - the Bell XP-59A Airacomet - at Muroc Dry Lake, California, with a dummy wooden propeller bolted to the nose as cover.
TaildraggerJacqueline Cochran rose from poverty in the Florida Panhandle to become the first woman to break the sound barrier and hold more aviation records than any pilot in history.
TaildraggerThe Enola Gay's story spans the most consequential bombing mission in history, decades of outdoor neglect, a painstaking restoration, and a museum controversy that cost a director his job.
TaildraggerOn September 15, 1940, Keith Park committed Fighter Command's last reserve and held the sky over Britain - the day Hitler's invasion plan effectively died.
TaildraggerGlacier Girl is a WWII P-38 Lightning recovered from 268 feet of Greenland ice after 50 years and restored to flight, taking to the skies again in 2002.
TaildraggerThe P-51 Mustang became WWII's finest piston-engine fighter through bold engineering decisions, a revolutionary wing, and one test pilot's honest memo.
TaildraggerBob Hoover escaped a German POW camp in 1945 by stealing a Focke-Wulf 190 he had never flown, launching the career of aviation's greatest airshow pilot.
TaildraggerThe complete story of Glacier Girl - the P-38 Lightning buried 268 feet under the Greenland ice cap in 1942 and restored to flight in 2002.
TaildraggerHow the RAF's 1943 Dambusters raid used Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb to breach the Ruhr dams at just sixty feet.
TaildraggerThe Night Witches flew wood-and-canvas biplanes over the German lines at night with their engines cut - here's their story.
TaildraggerHow the Flying Tigers and their shark-toothed P-40 Warhawks defended Burma against a superior enemy in 1941-42.
TaildraggerHow a P-38 Lightning buried under 268 feet of Greenland ice for 50 years was melted out, restored, and flown again as Glacier Girl.
TaildraggerHow Claire Chennault turned the outclassed P-40 into a war-winner with the Flying Tigers over China, months before America entered WWII.
TaildraggerThe Night Witches flew 23,000 night sorties in wood-and-canvas biplanes, gliding silently over German lines on the WWII Eastern Front.
TaildraggerHow RAF ace Douglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 crash, flew Spitfires on tin legs, and became a Battle of Britain hero.
TaildraggerThe Night Witches flew obsolete Po-2 biplanes into WWII combat, cutting their engines to glide silently onto targets in the dark.
TaildraggerHow RAF ace Douglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 crash and still flew the Battle of Britain on two artificial legs.
TaildraggerHow a P-38 Lightning buried under 268 feet of Greenland ice for 50 years was recovered and flew again as Glacier Girl.
TaildraggerHow the Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment - the 'Night Witches' - flew obsolete canvas biplanes on 23,000+ night raids in WWII.
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