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Breitling Jet Team Displayed Aerobatic Precision During North America Tour

DETROIT — Europe’s popular Breitling Jet Team took North America by storm during their historic inaugural tour in 2015 and 2016, exciting crowds as they performed at several of the…

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Profiles in Aviation: Al “Blackie” Blackman Has Been Fixing American Airlines Planes for 75 Years!

Azriel “Al” Blackman is a man who has had his talented hands in American Airlines (AA) aircraft for 75 years. This nonagenarian has seen entire generations of equipment, and the…

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Profiles In Aviation: John Walmsley Was the Only Air Force Bomber Pilot Awarded the Medal of Honor In Korea

John Springer Walmsley Junior was born on January 7th 1920 in Baltimore Maryland. He graduated from High School in Silver Springs in 1936 and attended the University of Maryland. In…

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Profiles in Aviation: James Howard Was the Only American P-51 Fighter Pilot Awarded the Medal Of Honor over Europe

Howard’s Name Might Not Ring a Bell, But He Was Unique Among ETO Aces You’ve no doubt heard of many heroic American fighter pilots who flew Mustangs over Europe during…

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Profiles In Aviation: Navy Ace Alexander Vraciu Scored His Kills In Bunches

Hellcat Pilots Routinely Savaged Their Japanese Opposition, But This Ace Was a Sharpshooter Alexander Vraciu was born in East Chicago in Indiana on November 2nd 1918. His parents, Alexandru and…

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Profiles In Aviation: George A Davis Was The USAF Ace of Aces

Davis Was a Natural Leader Who Scored Kills in Bunches Born in Dublin, Texas, on December 1, 1920, George Andrew Davis Junior joined the US Army Air Corps (USAAC) in…

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Profiles In Aviation

Breitling Jet Team Displayed Aerobatic Precision During North America Tour

Profiles in Aviation: Al “Blackie” Blackman Has Been Fixing American Airlines Planes for 75 Years!

Profiles In Aviation: John Walmsley Was the Only Air Force Bomber Pilot Awarded the Medal of Honor In Korea

Profiles in Aviation: James Howard Was the Only American P-51 Fighter Pilot Awarded the Medal Of Honor over Europe

Profiles In Aviation: Navy Ace Alexander Vraciu Scored His Kills In Bunches

Profiles In Aviation: George A Davis Was The USAF Ace of Aces

Flying The Rare Lufthansa Airbus A340-600

Canadian Discount Airline To Shut Down

Vandy-1 Recreates Iconic Shot With U-2 Spyplane

National Airlines – The Airline of the Stars

Sun N Fun is Gearing up for Their 50th Anniversary Air Show