Author: leo7

THE BOEING 707 TOOK HIM ACROSS THE WORLD—THEN ONE BIRTHDAY TOOK AWAY HIS COCKPIT THE SKY … THE BOEING 707 TOOK HIM ACROSS THE WORLD—THEN ONE BIRTHDAY TOOK AWAY HIS COCKPITRead more

  PART 2 The men who flew the Superfortress into the Korean W@r did not begin … THE B-29 SUPERFORTRESS WAS BUILT TO SURVIVE ANYTHING — THEN THE JET AGE CAME FOR ITRead more

PART 2 In the 1930s, aviation theorists looked at new, faster fighters and decided that dogfighting … K!LL OR BE K!LLED ABOVE EUROPE — HOW THE SPITFIRE AND P-51 TURNED THE LUFTWAFFE’S OWN DOGFIGHT TACTICS AGAINST ITRead more

  PART 2 Crews watched neighboring aircraft explode, roll over, or slip down alone, and still … THE P-47 THUNDERBOLT WAS CALLED A FLYING TANK — BUT THE MEN WHO FLEW IT KNEW THE TRUTH WAS FAR MORE BRUTALRead more

PART 2 John C. Morgan gripped the yoke until pain became background noise. His other arm … “THAT FORTRESS WON’T BREAK AWAY!” — THE B-17 CO-PILOT WHO FOUGHT HIS OWN PILOT FOR TWO HOURS OVER GERMANYRead more

  PART 2 Raymond Knight was not reckless. That was important. The story of his final … THE A-20 WAS ALREADY BLEEDING SMOKE — BUT RAYMOND KNIGHT TURNED BACK FOR ONE MORE ATTACK RUNRead more

PART 2 The men aboard were spread through the long metal body of the Fortress: nose, … HE COULD HAVE JUMPED FROM THE BURNING B-17—BUT ONE TRAPPED MAN MADE HIM STAYRead more

PART2 Ahead and below, the navigator and b0mbardier occupied the glass nose, a section that gave … A BURNING B-17 WAS FALLING OVER THE NORTH SEA — AND ONE WOUNDED PILOT REFUSED TO LEAVE TWO MEN BEHINDRead more

PART2 Some said it with a laugh, because humor was the only acceptable way to admit … THE WWII B0MBER THAT PROMISED TO SAVE AMERICA—THEN TURNED ON ITS OWN CREWSRead more

HIS B-25 CAUGHT FIRE BEFORE THE TARGET—BUT RALPH CHELI DIDN’T PULL UP The left engine was … HIS B-25 CAUGHT FIRE BEFORE THE TARGET—BUT RALPH CHELI DIDN’T PULL UPRead more