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Flight Journal
Which Way Did They Go?: Midway's Mysterious Tragedy Is Solved By A $10 Bill
There is one mystery concerning the June1942 Battle of Midway that has long confoundedhistorians: Why did not even one Hornet divebomber attack the Japanese carrier force? Reportedly, they were on the same course as theplanes from Yorktown and Enterprise and took off at the same time. Numerous official and unofficialexplanations all came down to simple bad luck.There is no denying that luck and chance playeda major role at Midway. In the case of HornetsAir Group 8, however, so did bad judgment, poorleadership, and arrogance. It was a simple $10 billthat provided the missing clue to the mystery.
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December 2018
Flight Journal
Reliable Reliants Stinson's SR-5 Straight Wing
The 1930s had more than its share of dichotomies that, from this end ofhistorys telescope, make little sense. The stock-market crash of 1929 seta record depression in motion that numbed America for most of the nextdecade. To make matters worse, nature decided to make mid-America intoa dust bowl, where real estate in one state often found its way to another.
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December 2018
Flight Journal
Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk
The image captured here is exceptionalfor more reasons than one.
1 min |
December 2018
Flight Journal
Forgotten Survivor
The Culver PQ-14 Cadet Target Drone.
3 min |
October 2018
Flight Journal
Bomber Crew: A Day In Their Lives
B-17 Crewmen Remember the German Missions.
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2019 Special Issue: WWII Air War
Flight Journal
Piggyback In A P-38
A Daring Rescue under Fire.
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2019 Special Issue: WWII Air War
Flight Journal
UFOs Vs. Marines Do You Believe In UFOs?
His name was Ray Watkins, and he was a helluva nice guy and smart as they come. He got his Double “E” degree through the NESEP Program. Ray had just asked me the question that was sure to come up sooner or later in any Ready Room in the Fleet. I knew Ray was a mathematician as well and mused a bit before answering. “Ray,” I said, “I know the mathematical odds are that there has to be some form of life out there in the galaxies. I just don’t believe they reside in this solar system.” Ray had a twinkle in his eye and said, “I think you’re wrong.”
8 min |
February 2019
Flight Journal
Death At Daybreak
Kiwi goes to war in a hawker tempest.
6 min |
2019 Special Issue: WWII Air War
Flight Journal
Aviation-History Travel
Visiting the Sites, Events, and Hardware That Made History.
10+ min |
April 2019
Flight Journal
Wolfpack Warrior
A New Pilot Learns from 56th FG Pros.
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April 2019
Flight Journal
Rabbits Out Of A Hat
Archivist Miracles
3 min |
February 2019
Flight Journal
The Art And History Of The Aviator Watch
The art and history of the Aviator Watch
9 min |
February 2019
Flight Journal
Flying The FM-2 Wildcat
A Modern Pilot’s Personal Perspective
10+ min |
August 2019
Flight Journal
Sonic Boom Salesman
Adventures of a cold war interceptor pilot
10+ min |
February 2019
Flight Journal
Lee Lauderback Sets A Record
10,000 Hours of Mustang Flying
3 min |
June 2019
Flight Journal
Fairchild's Model 71
A Working Bird to the End
3 min |
June 2019
Flight Journal
The Death Rattlers
Flying and Fighting with VMF-323
10+ min |
June 2019
Flight Journal
Artificial Intelligence For Beginners
AI, Aviation, and Human Destiny
3 min |
August 2019
Flight Journal
China Blitzer
Combat Over The Hump
10+ min |
February 2019
Flight Journal
Flying Legends
Hawks flock to duxford
10 min |
February 2019
Flight Journal
So You Wanna Fly A Warbird
YOUR GUIDE TO THE WARBIRD EXPERIENCE
3 min |
August 2018
Flight Journal
Air Apaches
BRAVE LITTLE INDIANS
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August 2018
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an angel in my pocket
surviving the luftwaffe’s new year’s surprise party
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april 2017
Flight Journal
Brushstrokes
Nose art goes to war.
8 min |
October 2018
Flight Journal
D-Day Is More Than Just A Day
It has been 75 years since hundreds of thousands of young men of all free nations focused their energy and their lives on the beaches of Normandy, France. As that generation slips away from us, we have to remember that it was young men, not the ships, airplanes, or arms that caused history to turn a corner. Their success on that day is the seed from which the lives we now enjoy grew.
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