Warbirds
Article: Uphill/Downhill Landings
What are the best conditions for landing uphill/downwind or downhill/upwind? It may seem dangerous to land into the wind but downslope on a snowy runway; yet landing upslope with a tailwind seems equally precarious.
Article: From Tailwheel To Turbine
Bill Stewart, until recently a lapsed pilot, sounds like something between a fighter jock and a kid in a candy store as he recounts his latest aerial exploits on the ramp at Chicago’s Aurora Municipal Airport (ARR).
Article: P-51 At Twenty One
As the fighter taxis by, the sound of 12 hot-water Merlins crescendos, crackles and pops as the early-morning sunlight glistens off the silver paint highlighting the name Glamorous Glen III—the markings of Chuck Yeager’s Mustang from the 357th Fighter...
Article: Better-Than-New P-38
“A f...
Article: In Love With The AT-6
On the ground, a T-6 Texan looks...
Article: Capt. Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Captain Dale...
Article: Gathering Of Mustangs
It’s perhaps the most iconic military airplane in t...
Article: 60 Years After
Paul Tibbets joined the Army Air Corps at ...
Article: Double Trouble
The P-51 Mustang is almost...
Article: The Aviation Storyteller
For Greg Herrick, collecting airplanes seems...
Article: Top 10 Faux Fighters
Maverick, Goose, Iceman, Tomcat, Sabre, Mustang, hero, testosterone, girls, speed, aerobatics, G-force. What do all these words have in common?...
Article: The Odyssey Of Glacier Girl
1942: A flight of six P-38s and two B-17s departs Sondrestrom Fjord, Greenland, for Reykjavik, Iceland, on their way to the WWII European Theater of Operations as part of Operation Bolero. It’s an ambitious project, initiated by General Hap A...
