Aviation World, History & Legends
He failed five times. Each time, he climbed into a capsule smaller than a garden shed, was lifted to 35,000 feet by a balloon the size of a 14-storey building, and tried to navigate the unpredictable jet streams around the entire planet. Each time, weather, equipment...
History & Legends, Military Aviation
Quick FactsNationalityAmerican 🇺🇸Aerial Victories11.5 (WWII ace); also 1st pilot to break sound barrierAircraft FlownP-51 Mustang, Bell X-1, F-86 SabreWarsWorld War II, Korean War (advisor)Born / Died13 Feb 1923 – 7 Dec 2020 (age 97)Unit357th Fighter Group (WWII)...
Aviation World, History & Legends
On New Year’s Day 1914, a crowd gathered on the waterfront in St. Petersburg, Florida, to watch history. A Benoist XIV flying boat — a wood-and-canvas biplane with a pusher propeller and a hull designed to land on water — taxied out across Tampa Bay. In the...
History & Legends, Military Aviation
Quick FactsNationalitySoviet 🇷🇺Aerial Victories22 (highest jet ace in history, Korean War)Aircraft FlownMiG-15bisWarsKorean WarBorn / Died5 May 1923 – 9 Nov 1986 (age 63)Unit17th IAP (Fighter Aviation Regiment) MiG-15 is shot down by US Navy planes over Korea c1952 —...
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