After A Mid Air Collision – One Pilot Lands Two Planes AT ONCE!
In 1940, two planes collided in mid-air over Australia. Remarkably, there were no fatalities. Even more remarkably, the pilot responsible for saving the planes was…
Shrapnel and Debris From D-Day Invasion Found in Omaha Beach Sand Years After Battle
Today, Omaha Beach in Normandy, France looks like any other northern French coastal beach, with the lapping waves of the English Channel. However, over 71…
New World War One Exhibition by Peter Jackson Opens in Wellington
Famous movie director Peter Jackson has opened a new World War One exhibition in his home of New Zealand. The ‘Great War Exhibition’, based in…
After 30 Years, Plane Crash Killing 248 101st Airborne Division Soldiers Commemorated
On December 12, 1985, 248 US Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division died in an airplane crash. They were on their way home from a…
Historical Review: A Knight’s Tale; The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
A Knight’s Tale is a purposeful blend of modern and medieval. The director, Brian Helgeland, made several choices to modernize what has often been considered…
For Sale: Curtiss Wright P-40K – Price: Way Above My Paygrade…
This rare Curtiss Wright P-40K with serial number N4436J has just been offered for sale by Courtesy aircraft! This P-40K was delivered to the Army…
Weird! Air America Huey Helicopter Shot Down Two Vietnamese Biplanes By Firing An AK-47 Out The Door
On 12 January 1968, four North Vietnamese Air Force AN-2 Colt biplanes lifted off from an airfield in northeastern North Vietnam and headed west toward…
Remains Of US Pilot Shot Down On 68th Mission Over Vietnam Returned Home After 50 Years
Fifty years after being shot down during the Vietnam War US pilot’s remains have finally been returned home to the town of Rangeley in the United…
Straight Out Of Star Wars! The Soviet VVA-14
In the 1970s the Soviet Union developed a vertical take-off amphibious aircraft called the VVA-14, which could take off from water or land, and fly…
Battle of Verdun Remembered Nearly 100 years After It Started
During World War One, the Battle of Verdun took more than 300,000 lives over 300 days. The area in the French forest where the battle…
The Car In Which Archduke Ferdinand Was Killed – By Geoff Moore
Getting as close up to key moments in history only occurs if you happen to be in the right or wrong place at the right…
What if America Had Been Conquered in WWII?
Imagine a world in which America had been partitioned at the end of the Second World War, one sector west of the Rockies being governed…