Jun 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Reno Air Racing Association announced the cancellation of the 2020 STIHL National Championship Air Races, originally scheduled for Sept. 16-20. The Reno Air Racing Association board of directors reiterated their principal concern for the safety and health of all...
Jun 17, 2020 | Terry and the Pirates
Terry and the Pirates launched in October 1934, and written by Milton Caniff (1907-1988), was a serial action-adventure strip set in China and its environs. Once World War II began, the action took place within the context of that conflict. Over time, the strip...
Jun 11, 2020 | Hollywood Goes To War
In 1945, as the war wound down, Capra, Ford, Wyler, Huston, and Stevens returned to Hollywood. What use could they make, as newly reborn feature filmmakers, of what had happened to them? The work of all five deepened, or at least got weightier, after the war. Ford...
Jun 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Experimental Aircraft Association is showcasing the whole spectrum of flight this summer in a virtual way, as Spirit of Aviation Week on July 21-25 will celebrate the entire aviation community. The five-day event will include streamed and on-demand content,...
Jun 5, 2020 | The Vickers Vimy
The Vickers Vimy was designed as a long-range bomber capable of delivering a one ton payload to central Germany. Deliveries to the RAF began in October 1918, just too late to see operational use in World War One. However, pioneering flights across the Atlantic, from...
