SAS at 80: From Polar Pioneer to Unlikely Survivor
SAS at 80: From Polar Pioneer to Unlikely Survivor QUICK FACTS Founded: August 1, 1946 | Founders: Denmark, Norway, Sweden (Tripartite) | First Intercontinental: Stockholm-New York, Sept 1946 | Polar Pioneering: 1954 (first regular transpolar routes) | Milestone:...
The World’s Only Yak-7B Takes Flight at Wanaka
This week at Warbirds Over Wanaka—New Zealand’s premier warbird airshow—the most historically significant Russian fighter aircraft ever to fly in the Southern Hemisphere will take to the sky. The world’s only airworthy Yakovlev Yak-7B is coming. Not the...
America’s Last Triple Ace Comes Home
Quick Facts Who: Col. Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson (1922–2024) Record: 16¼ aerial victories — triple ace, 357th Fighter Group Aircraft: P-51 Mustang “Old Crow” Missions: 116 combat missions, never hit by enemy fire Ceremony: March 30, 2026,...
Adolphe Pégoud: El acróbata que inventó el as del vuelo
Quick Facts Nationality French 🇫🇷 Aerial Victories 15 (6 officially confirmed) Aircraft Flown Blériot XI, Morane-Saulnier N Wars World War I Born / Died 13 Jun 1889 – 31 Aug 1915 (age 26) Unit MS26, MS49 Adolphe Pégoud — via Wikimedia Commons Before there were flying...
34 Greatest Flying Aces in History: Our New Daily Series Starts Tomorrow
What does it take to become a flying ace — the most feared, most celebrated kind of warrior the modern age has ever produced? Starting tomorrow, April 1st, MiGFlug is publishing a new daily series: 34 profiles of the greatest fighter aces in history, one every day...
Brujas nocturnas soviéticas: Volaban sin paracaídas
The engine dies. The plywood biplane goes silent, gliding through the black Ukrainian sky at 1,200 metres. Below, German searchlights sweep the darkness. Flak crews wait, listening. They hear nothing — just a faint whisper of wind through wire struts. Then the bombs...
Verde quirúrgico a Mach 2: El misterio de la cabina del MiG-21
Al entrar en la cabina de un MiG-21, lo primero que llama la atención no es la claustrofóbica cúpula ni la pared de indicadores analógicos. Es el color. Cada superficie —el marco del panel de instrumentos, las consolas laterales, los rieles de la cúpula— está pintada en un llamativo tono de...
Why They Call It the Viper
Most aircraft are designed to fly straight and level by default. Take your hands off the controls and they glide on, stable, content, reassuring. The F-16 Fighting Falcon is not like most aircraft. Take your hands off the controls in an F-16 and it will try to kill...
Operation Bolo: The Trap That Broke North Vietnam’s Air Force
January 2, 1967. Colonel Robin Olds — World War II ace, Vietnam War wing commander, and possibly the most dangerous man ever to strap into a fighter jet — had a problem. North Vietnam’s MiG-21s were shooting down American aircraft with near impunity. The rules...
The Enemy Pilot Who Escorted Us Home
Franz Stigler had one kill to go. One more aircraft, and he would earn the Knight’s Cross — the highest military honour the Luftwaffe could bestow. He had fought across North Africa and was now flying Bf 109s over Germany, defending the Reich from the waves of...
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