Nicknamed “Air Race”, the new Breitling commercial brings together one of the finest specimens of P-51 Mustang (specially prepared for Breitling), the legendary F4U Corsair and the spectacular landscape of Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats. Added to that is an attractive casting and a typical Breitling touch of humor.
Article courtesy of War History Online. The “Kee Bird” was a United States Army Air Forces B-29-95-BW Superfortress, 45-21768, of the 46th Reconnaissance Squadron, that became marooned after making an emergency landing in northwest Greenland during a secret Cold War spying mission on 21 February 1947. Although the entire crew..
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Squadron Leader F.A.O Tony Gaze OAM DFC and 2 Bars is a very distinguished, although largely unsung Australian, who was not only an Ace Fighter Pilot flying Spitfires throughout World War II, but who also was a well known and successful racing driver in the U.K, Europe and Australia in..
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Save a Piece of History We have a great opportunity to obtain an exciting new home for the Yankee Air Museum and, at the same time, to preserve a significant portion of the historic World War II Willow Run Bomber Plant, located just east of Ypsilanti. Michigan. This is the..
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By Nick Higham, BBC News A German World War II bomber has been raised from the bottom of the English Channel. The Dornier Do-17 aircraft was shot down off the Kent coast more than 70 years ago during the Battle of Britain. Believed to be the only intact example of..
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By Carroll R. Anderson, in the May 1988 edition of Airpower Editor’s Note: Wings & Airpower have published a multitude of articles on the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, including a well received 13 part series that established an authenticated body of information about this famous, but often misunderstood aircraft. The twin..
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By Jennifer Hlad, Stars and Stripes | @jhlad Robert Arand enlisted in the Army Air Forces in 1942 as an aviation cadet. He went to training in 1943 and by February 1945, he was headed to the Pacific — sleeping on the deck of a trawler for a month-long journey..
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By Neil Pugh I visited the Camarillo Airshow in 2012 as part of the 67th Checkertail Clan Reunion. While there I shot some of the aerial flyby’s along with taxiing of the WW2 aircraft and have edited it together here. This footage was shot for fun, so no steady tripod..
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Part 1 of a two-part Documentary on the famous 325th Fighter Group, known during the War and since as “The Checkertail Clan”. Filmed over a 3-year period and including multiple interviews with surviving veterans, the film draws on their experiences and incorporates original 325th archive footage, WW2 footage and Computer..
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Using interviews (audio and video), filmed over 5-years and on three different cameras across the United States, this film tells the story of the men who served and fought with the World famous Checkertail Clan. Created with original WW2 Checkertail footage and images, many never before seen and told in..
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