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Taking a break, to write about Iwo Jima
Writing a children’s book about Iwo Jima is turning into a big project, and I’m going to take a vacation from this blog to concentrate on it. Continue reading
What was the use of Iwo Jima?
There is much less point in bombing at all if they know you’re coming. Continue reading
Iwo Jima Battle Shows Limits of Airpower
The island was strafed and bombed for weeks before the Marines landed, so rumor had it that there couldn’t be anyone alive there. Continue reading
Aircraft design and sculpting
“In appearance, but only in appearance, they seem to be polishing surfaces and refining away angles, easing this joint or stabilizing that wing, rendering these parts invisible, so that in the end there is no longer a wing hooked to a framework but a form flawless in its perfection…” Continue reading
Posted in Jets
Tagged aircraft design, antoine de saint-exupery, e-2, e-3 awacs, engineer, f-117 nighthawk, fuselage, saint-exupery, sr-71
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When vintage airplanes weren’t yet
“Little by little the machine will become part of humanity….The locomotive was an iron monster….What is it today for the villager except a humble friend who calls every evening at six?” Continue reading
Article about history of radar
Article on myths about radar during the Battle of Britain Continue reading
Life of a fighter pilot
Now he understood how fighter pilots had acquired their wild reputation. Continue reading
Posted in WWII
Tagged battle of britain, fighter pilots, lafayette escadrille, whiskey and soda
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