Robert L. Kanaga – Instrumental in the Creation of the USAF Thunderbirds!

September 12, 2010 0

Robert L. Kanaga is a native Kansan, born in Winfield in 1925. He grew up in a family of three brothers and two sisters in Derby, Kansas, graduating from Derby High School in 1941. Being raised in the shadow of Wichita Aircraft Companies, he would often watch the flights of the BI-winged Stearman and Beech Model 17 Staggerwing, and wished he could be a pilot, too. […]

Milburn G. Apt

September 6, 2010 0

Milburn G. “Mel” Apt (April 9, 1924 – September 27, 1956) was a US test pilot. He was killed in the destruction of the Bell X-2 during a test flight. […]

The Aviators TV Series Trailer – www.TheAviators.TV

August 29, 2010 0

The Aviators is a new and exciting TV series covering the people, the places, and the planes of North American aviation. The show will premiere in the United States via Public Broadcasting Syndication in the summer of 2010 and shortly thereafter internationally. […]

Hurricane Hunters

August 29, 2010 0

Hurricane Hunters are manned aircraft that fly into tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeastern Pacific Ocean for the specific purpose of directly measuring weather data in and around those storms. […]

High Flight

August 22, 2010 0

High Flight poem read by Walter J. Boyne accompanied by aircraft flying footage […]

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