In fall 1942, Lieutenant Commander Sam Porter tested the feasibility of operating the Navy’s bent-wing fighter ... Like some of its pilots, the Corsair earned fame in World War II and, seasoned ...

The B-24 featured a shoulder-mounted high aspect ratio Davis wing. Used on several bomber models during World War II, the Davis wing ... as many as ten airmen: pilot, co-pilot in the cockpit ...

Discover the Intrepid Museum's World War II exhibit, showcasing the Corsair aircraft and artifacts from Loren Isley's final ...

president from 1988 to 1992 and one of the youngest naval aviators of World War II, who has the most impressive record of America’s pilot-presidents. Not quite 19 upon receiving his wings ...

The Women’s Airforce Service Pilots In the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor, as Axis countries continued to expand their global reach, the United States military found itself in desperate need of ...

she flew more than 1,400 aircraft as a World War Two ferry pilot, she was one of only five women to gain their RAF wings after the war, and she became Britain's first woman commercial airline ...

From the early race to build gliders to the D-Day invasion at Normandy and Nazi Germany's final surrender, "Silent Wings - The American Glider Pilots of WWII" narrated by Hal Holbrook, reveals the ...