Between the first flights of the Wright brothers in 1903 and the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the airplane grew from an ancient dream into a reality that would shape the future.
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during the formative days of Project Mercury, America’s first attempt to put a man
First conceptualized in the mid-1920s by Don Luscombe, a young advertising man, the
He made a film about a young man who wanted to be a flyer, and for two years he published
He made a film about a young man who wanted to be a flyer, and for two years he published
He made a film about a young man who wanted to be a flyer, and for two years he published
He made a film about a young man who wanted to be a flyer, and for two years he published
An interview with Paul Hendrickson, the son of a P-61 World War II night-fighter pilot.
It is the spareness of her three-man crew: pilot, gunner, radar operator.
After more than 10,000 man-hours of labor, the 162 was ready for display while on
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