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Quick FactsNationalityFinnish 🇫🇮Aerial Victories75 (2nd highest Finnish ace)Aircraft FlownBrewster Buffalo, Bf 109GWarsWinter War, Continuation WarBorn / Died30 Jul 1916 – 25 Jul 1995 (age 78)UnitLLv 24, HLeLv 24 Hans Henrik Wind in Suulajärvi 1943 — via Wikimedia...
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On 2 May 1952, a British Overseas Airways Corporation de Havilland Comet lifted off from London Heathrow and flew to Johannesburg. It carried 36 passengers in pressurised comfort at 35,000 feet, cruising at 500 mph — twice the speed of any existing airliner. The jet...
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Quick FactsNationalityFinnish 🇫🇮Aerial Victories94 (highest non-German ace of WWII)Aircraft FlownBrewster Buffalo, Bf 109GWarsWinter War, Continuation WarBorn / Died21 Feb 1914 – 21 Feb 1999 (age 85 — died on his birthday)UnitLLv 24, HLeLv 34 Eino Ilmari Juutilainen —...
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For 462 days, Western aircraft landed at Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport every three minutes around the clock. They brought coal. They brought flour. They brought powdered milk and dried eggs and medicines. At the peak of the operation, a fully loaded transport...
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Quick FactsNationalityFrench 🇫🇷Aerial Victories18 (shot down aircraft of 4 different nations)Aircraft FlownMorane-Saulnier 406, Dewoitine D.520WarsWWII (France, Syria, North Africa)Born / Died27 Jul 1913 – 11 Sep 1943 (age 30)UnitGC III/6 Morane D-3801 J-143 — via...
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In 1921, no flight school in the United States would take her. Not because she lacked ability — she hadn’t been given the chance to prove it. They turned her away because she was Black, and because she was a woman. So Bessie Coleman learned French, saved her...
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Quick FactsNationalitySouth African/British 🇿🇦🇬🇧Aerial Victories50+ (possibly the highest Commonwealth ace)Aircraft FlownGloster Gladiator, Hawker HurricaneWarsWorld War II (North Africa, Greece)Born / Died3 Jul 1914 – 20 Apr 1941 (age 26)UnitNo. 80 Sqn RAF 33...
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In the early 1960s, Ryan Aeronautical did something that sounded like a fever dream: they cut two large holes in the wings of a jet aircraft, installed massive fans inside them, and tried to make the whole thing hover like a helicopter. The truly astonishing part is...
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It first flew in 1935. It hunted U-boats in the Atlantic, rescued downed B-17 crews in the Pacific, and spotted the Japanese fleet before Midway. It has been retired from military service for decades, declared obsolete more times than anyone can count, and yet — in...
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In late 1944, American B-29 Superfortresses began their devastating firebombing campaign against Japanese cities. Japan desperately needed a high-altitude interceptor that could reach the bombers before they released their payloads. Mitsubishi’s answer was the...
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On March 30, 1939, test pilot Hans Dieterle pushed the Heinkel He 100 V8 past 746 kilometres per hour over a measured course near Rostock — setting an absolute world speed record for piston-engine aircraft. The Heinkel was faster than every fighter in the world. It...
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