Shrapnel from a flak explosion beneath the bomber rendered Magee’s ball turret inoperable. Wounded and bleeding, he clambered out of the turret. Magee realized that the flak had also shredded his parachute pack, destroying it. As he was attempting to maneuver within the ...
Outside the house the troops were falling back and forcing the refugees ahead of them. From every side came the roaring of flames, the crashing of walls and the sound of explosives. Day was trying to dawn through the heavy...
(hold) the net about 65 meters over the desert floor. The 42-year-old husband and father has jumped out of planes thousands of times, but never once【2】he left a plane without a parachute. Aikins said he was nervous before this jump. “We’re talking about jumping without a parachute...
After several phone calls and bureaucratic wrangling, we were up to seventeen racers, and Jack “The Lynchpin” Lynch had a plane ticket to Austria. Although Tim and I still weren’t thrilled with only one alternate, it was enough. And it was all we had. We arrived in Austria in mid-...
I’m from Kansas City, Missouri and like you, I was a child of the 70s and we grew up on the same playground you mention here, and it was such fun, fun! Falling and scraping my knees I would never give back the memories, I felt alive and free! I love your memories. ...
Elated, I flung myself out of the plane. I was surprised to feel a pull. Something wasn't quite right. Glancing up, I felt a wave of panic flood through me. The chute hadn't opened properly. Desperately, I struggled to free it but it was too twisted. I started to spin roun...
Pine’s plane bounces over the rocks, picking up speed, and then the wheels are off the ground and we’re airborne, the earth falling away, McKinney getting smaller. Suddenly I can make it out from the air, the clear, straight stretch of runway that didn’t exist three days ago. My...
On the night of March 18, 1991, bombs exploded onboard one of the largest Soviet passenger airliners. And yet, the plane managed to land without a single casualty. It was just a minute away from a tragedy.