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As dawn broke over the coast of Normandy on June 6, 1944, the distinctive roar of C-47 Skytrains pierced the air, their dark silhouettes etched against the morning sky. These converted DC-3 airliners, once humble servants of civilian travel, now stood as the indispensable vanguard of history’s most ambitious military operation. Continue reading →

It was 1950, and US Navy pilot Glenn T. Farnsworth was in trouble in North Korean airspace in his F4-U Corsair. His squadron, the Stingers, was on its first mission of the Korean War. While trying to avoid anti-aircraft fire, he collided with another Corsair and saw his comrade crash into the ground below. Continue reading →

American soldiers were surrounded by the enemy deep in the heart of Vietnam. Their time was running out with every second wasted, but the thick jungle canopy and the treetops made it difficult for conventional aircraft to assist them. Continue reading →

At the dawn of the Gulf War in early 1991, the skies over the Middle East became a dangerous gauntlet. Among the large forces sent by the Royal Air Force to liberate Kuwait were only 12 models of a supersonic jet attack aircraft: the aging SEPECAT Jaguar. Continue reading →

According to an interview with RAF pilot Bud Abbott, it was: “A flying abortion.” The Fairy Barracuda was freakishly constructed with high wings, a T-tail, and L-shaped landing gear. It was underpowered and impossible to see out of. Yet here it was, about to take on the mightiest ship that still remained of the German Navy. Continue reading →

On June 13, 1944, the citizens of London awoke to an eerie but puzzling buzz approaching the city. The morning stillness was shattered when the buzzing stopped and a strange aircraft plummeted from the sky, hitting a railway bridge and unleashing 1,800 pounds of explosive force. The bizarre aircraft was a German-made Vergeltungswaffen (“vengeance weapon”) — now known as the V1 Flying Bomb. Continue reading →

Join AOPA’s Air Safety Institute Senior Vice President Mike Ginter as he flies with the TITAN Aerobatic Team at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Continue reading →

The Messerschmitt Me 329 was a design project for a heavy fighter and ground-attack aircraft, developed towards the end of World War II. It was a competitor and possible successor to the Me 410. Continue reading →