How a WWII B-29 named Doc went from a Mojave bombing target to one of only two airworthy Superfortresses, restored by volunteers in Wichita.
TaildraggerThe story of the Piper J-3 Cub, the $1,000 yellow airplane that taught America to fly and trained most WWII pilots.
TaildraggerHow Flak-Bait, a B-26 Marauder, flew 207 combat missions in WWII and is now being conserved piece by piece at the Smithsonian.
TaildraggerHow the wooden de Havilland Mosquito, built by furniture makers, outran WWII fighters and flew a dozen combat roles.
TaildraggerThe Swamp Ghost is a B-17E bomber that sat in a New Guinea swamp for 64 years before recovery - now the only intact combat B-17E in the world.
TaildraggerHow the de Havilland Mosquito, built from wood in furniture shops, became WWII's fastest bomber and outran every fighter sent to catch it.
TaildraggerThe F4U Corsair earned the name 'Whistling Death' for its shrieking dive, and overcame carrier rejection to become one of WWII's deadliest fighters.
TaildraggerHow the Soviet 588th 'Night Witches' turned an obsolete wood-and-fabric biplane into a fearsome night bomber on the Eastern Front.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores Flak-Bait, the Martin B-Twenty-Six Marauder That Flew Two Hundred and Seven Missions and Refused to Die, Now Coming Back to Life Piece by Piece at the Smithsonian.
TaildraggerHow the Vought F4U Corsair went from 'unsuitable for carriers' to the Marine Corps' legendary Whistling Death fighter.
TaildraggerHow a P-38 Lightning was recovered from 268 feet of Greenland ice and restored to flight 50 years after the Lost Squadron went down.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores The Vought F4U Corsair, the Bent-Wing Bird the Marines Called Whistling Death and the Navy Said Would Never Land on a Carrier.
TaildraggerHow Doc's Friends spent 16 years and 300,000 volunteer hours rescuing a B-29 Superfortress from the Mojave Desert and returning it to Wichita's skies.
TaildraggerThe F4U Corsair went from Navy reject to one of WWII's most feared fighters - built around a massive engine, refined by Marines, and flying combat missions into 1969.
TaildraggerWarbirds Over the Beach at Virginia Beach's Military Aviation Museum features 60+ flyable warbirds on a coastal grass strip every May.
RampThe 16-year restoration of B-29 Superfortress 'Doc' from desert hulk to flying warbird is one of aviation's greatest preservation stories.
TaildraggerThe 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.
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