Aviation History

Lt. Fleming and the Green Hornets

On 11-26-68, Lt. James P. Fleming, flying a Bell UH-1F helicopter, managed to save a Green Baret team who were under attack by a large NVM force. Risking his helicopter, crew, and himself, Lt. Flem...

Against All Odds

On September 1, 1968, an A-1I pilot by the name of William A. Jones III, risked his very life and being in order to rescue a downed Phantom Pilot in Southeast Asia. Read the incredible story "Again...

The Jolly Green Giants

The Sikorsky helicopter model HH-3E was afectionately called "The Jolly Green Giant" when it was deployed to Vietnam in the 1960s for Search & Rescue missions. This is the story of the aircraft...

Maj. George E. Day - Code Of Conduct - Part 3

Major Geroge E. "Bud" Day flew his USAF F-100 aircraft as a forward air controller in Vietnam. On 8/26/67 "Bud" was shot down over Vietnam and spent the next 5 1/2 years as a POW in North Vietnam. ...

The Provider

Heros come in all sizes, and in the military many heros come forth at just the right time with the right skills and the desire to serve.This story is about one such hero - Lt. Col. Joe M. Jackson/s...

"Puff, the Magic Dragon"

As a pilot it is easy to become attached to a particular type of aircraft that you just love to fly. I turned down my opportunity for flying for the airlines (too regimented for me) but did fly for...

Operation Firewall

On December 12, 1957, USAF Major Adrian E. Drew set a new  Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) absolute speed record over the 15/25 kilometer course at Edwards Air Force Base, California. ...

Eric "Winkle" Brown, Test Pilot Extraordinaire

Read the story of Eric "Winkle" Brown, Test Pilot Extraordinaire, also known as a pilot who was simply "the right stuff." Winkle is best known for being the first pilot to takeoff and land a jet ai...

Hero of the Soviet Union

Andrey Borisovich Yumashev, pilot and military veteran, set a number of aviation records in the mid-1930s and thrusting the USSR into the limelight of aviation feats. His reward: He was made a Hero...

The Start of the Age of Aerial Combat

On the 5th of October, 1914, the first air to air dog fight occurred between a French Voisin III aircraft and a German Aviatik B.II aircraft. The air battle took place over France during World War...

The Death Dodger Pilot

This is the story of The Death Dodger Pilot, A. Scott Crossfield Jr. He became the first man to fly an airplane at twice the speed of sound (Mach 2), and had an illustrious career in aviation as bo...

Twenty-Three Days In The Air

In 1930 four brothers worked together to set a world endurance record for flying an airplane non-stop for 553 hours, 41 minutes and 30 seconds in a 1927 Stinson SM-1 "Detroiter" aircraft.