1941. It was the morning, when around 400 planes of Japan started bombing the Pearl Harbor. The Japanese Pilots were elite as they were in continuous war for around 4 years. All the ships and aircraft career present at that time were destroyed. This was a big blow...
Dubbed "Spad" and "Sandy" by pilots. At the end of production in 1957, a total of 3,180 ADs had been produced. Used by all services in multiple roles: night/day fighter, attack bomber, trainer, early warning, electronics countermeasure, ambulance, personnel transport, troop carrier, photo...
Skylark 1910 = Modified, rebuilt Curtiss pusher for exhibition flights by Mars, one of the first eight licensed pilots in the USA. In the top photo, the motor is an upright Hall-Scott type but the image is too small and blurred to identify it, and in the lower photo is a V-8. Like...
M18 Hellcat, M10 06:53 US Army soldiers in turret of M8 75mm Ho 01:16 Un_Restored_M3A1_Stuart_Light_tank_detail_walk_ar 10:31 Touring_the_last_T28___T95_heavy_tank_before_the_ 14:34 Third Korean Winter - The Big Picture - 28:21 The_Fight_For_The_Sky__Our_Fighter_Pilots_...
though is the use of the North American AT-6B Texan in the patrol role. In May 1942, a group of Mexican pilots traveled to San Antonio, Texas to be trained on the AT-6. In June, the group brought their new mounts to Balbuena Field, Mexico City. After a short training period, on ...
Part of our mission is education. We hold presentations to inform the public—including future pilots and historians—of our early aviation beginnings in which the Columbus Aerodrome figured so prominently. We believe that it is important for everyone to know the important history of our nation’...
Marion Carl grew up on a dairy farm outside of tiny Hubbard, Oregon. He squeaked through Oregon State, then went on to be one of the 50 fighter pilots in the pre-war Marine Corps. He was one of the 9 pilots to survive the Battle of Midway from his squadron, VMF-221. ...
Yes. Soviet pilots flew duringthe Korean Wardue to the ineffectiveness and poor training of the North Korean and Chinese air forces. It also marks the only period of regular engagement between U.S. and Soviet forces. What is the relationship between United States and Russia?
Includes many of the wild air-to-air combat action by their brave carrier pilots. Even some flight-deck accidents. Details on each of the CVEs lost in the Pacific. There is no other book that tells as much about Escort Carriers than “The Little Giants.” 1987 (NIP) hardback book with...
pilots who supported them from the sky. It clocked in at 362 pages of narrative oral history, and I hope it closes this gap in the knowledge of World War II; the last Marauder died just as I began writing it in January. You can get it at my direct store above in the SHOP MY ...