This Amazing Corsair Display Shows Why The Japanese Feared The “Whistling Death”
What was the role of the Corsair in World War 2? You are about to find out by watching this informative video. The Corsair was…
Replica Bugatti 100P Plane Tragically Crashes Near Oklahoma
Scotty Wilson, a highly experienced pilot, was readying his Bugatti 100P airplane for a test flight on the 6th August 2016. It was a clear…
B-24 ‘Lady Be Good’ – Crashed In 1943, Finally Discovered in 1958
The wreckage of a USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) plane that went missing during its first and last mission in the Second World War…
After Pearl Harbor, A Japanese Pilot Crash-Landed On A Hawaiian Island And Tried to Occupy It
In 1941, a lone Japanese pilot tried to capture the Hawaiian island of Ni’ihau. The natives responded by holding a luau for him. Though part…
The New USAF F-35A Is About to Be Declared Ready for Combat
As early as Monday, the US Air Force could declare the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter combat ready. This would mean that the F-35 can,…
Wreckage of a Mustang and a Mustard Gas Mine – World War Two Relics Unearthed
The construction of the Northern Distributor Road at Norwich has thrown up a couple of archaeological finds from the First and the Second World Wars.…
10 Things You’ll Never Learn About WWII in History Class
Everyone learns about World War II from their high school history classes. It’s inevitable. Hitler’s tyranny, the Holocaust, the attack on Pearl Harbor; these events…
5 Quick Facts About Japan’s Deadly WW2 Kamikaze Pilots!
A major turning point in the Second World War was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Not only did December 7th, 1941 see the death…
Partially Restored Japanese Bomber Returns to US Soil for 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor
A Nakajima B5N torpedo bomber, nicknamed “Kate” by U.S. troops, that is believed to have been involved in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941…
The Record-Setting SR-71 Blackbird
On July 28, 1976, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird set the absolute airspeed record with a blistering speed of 3,529.6 kilometers per hour (2,193.2 mph), which is about…
The Deadly Defiant, A Game-Changing British Warplane in WW2
The 1930s were an age of aeronautical experimentation. All around the world air forces were trying new and fascinating designs, searching for the perfect combination…
The Kamikaze Pilot Who Took His Wife With Him On His Last Flight
Even though World War Two had come to an end, the story of a Japanese couple who met their death in a deliberate kamikaze suicide…