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Author Talk: Memoir of a WWII B-24 Bomber Pilot

November 15, 2024 Emma Quedzuweit 0

Authors’ discussion of unfiltered letters of a young aviator to be presented at the musuem on Wednesday, November 20th, at 11:00 a.m. […]

Forgotten KLM DC-2 Adventure Published

November 10, 2024 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 1

By James Kightly, Commissioning Editor On October 26, 2024, at Albury airport, New South Wales, the new English-language translation of To Austalia in Three Days was published by the Uiver Memorial Community Trust. The book, originally […]

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‘Bomber Boys’ by Photographer John Slemp Part 1: Jimmy Stewart’s Jacket

October 24, 2024 Emma Quedzuweit 0

Photographing the Hollywood star and squadron commander’s flight jacket is part of a unique book highlighting the jackets of WWII pilots and their stories. […]

Allied Jet Killers of World War 2

May 29, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 2

In 2013, Warbird Digest Associate Editor & WarbirdsNews contributor Stephen Chapis interviewed World War II fighter pilots who had shot down Luftwaffe jets over Europe. These interviews were for a simple magazine article, but after hearing […]

Flying Warbirds: An Illustrated Profile of the Flying Heritage Collection’s Aircraft

December 29, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

Do you want to get an up-close look at some of the rarest airplanes in the world? Are you curious about combat aircraft from World War ll? ln deluxe hard-back volumes, Flying Warbirds brings U.S., […]

Book Review: SHOT DOWN,The True Story The B-17 “Susan Ruth”

November 7, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 7

For the first time, the full and complete story of the B-17 Flying Fortress Susan Ruth is shared in unbelievable detail.Shot Down was created from the vast number of letters and journals of Howard Snyder; […]

The Last Top Gun

September 4, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

PRESS RELEASE – Each time Dan Zimberoff fired up an F-14 Tomcat perched on the deck of an aircraft carrier, he knew that flying a fighter jet demanded a level of brashness and rock star-esque […]

Two Steps from Glory, a World War II Liaison Pilot and His L-4H

July 11, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

What happens when a young African American pilot trains to defend his country from the air then discovers that the U.S. Army really doesn’t want him, and worse, won’t let him fight? Former U.S. Army […]

The Berlin Candy Bomber

July 4, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

For Friday’s Aviation book we have reviewed Gail S. Halverson’s “Berlin candy Bomber.”In June 1948, Russia laid siege to Berlin, cutting off the flow of food and supplies over highways into the city. More than […]

The Red Baron -The Graphic History of Richthofen’s Flying Circus and the Air War in WWI

June 20, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 3

For Friday’s Aviation book we have reviewed a book which both grown ups, and kids alike would certainly appreciate. While focusing on the development of military aviation in WWI, this book takes a look at […]

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