Jack Jarvis, decorated war pilot flew Charles Lindbergh to safety

You might not know Jack Cover, but you’re probably familiar with the Taser, a device he invented to help stop airplane hijackings. (He didn’t think sky marshals firing bullets in an airplane at 30,000 feet was such a good idea.) But his contributions did

The last remaining Boulton Paul Defiant in all its glory at the Royal Air Force Museum The last remaining fighter aircraft of its type is on display at the Royal Air Force Museum after years of restoration. Following extensive restoration work by Meadway

This is an unlikely story, given the circumstances, but it is a fascinating one told well by author Thomas Simmons. He researched his subject for nearly three decades, interviewing people who knew the protagonist, and now he has put it all together in a

James Muri survived the first half of June 4, 1942, on the strength of his Army Air Forces pilot training. That was the day of his first combat mission, and the first day of the Battle of Midway. He piloted an unwieldy B-26 twin-engine bomber through hea

Maj. George Andrew Davis Jr. climbed into the cockpit of his jet fighter on Feb. 10, 1952 for his sixtieth and last mission in the skies over Korea. Two small Texas towns can rightfully claim the combat ace of two wars as their own. Dublin, southwest of

A World War II hero who lived through both the 'Miracle of Dunkirk' evacuation and the D-Day landings has finally been awarded his campaign medals - almost 68 years after peace was declared. Ninety-three-year-old James May narrowly survived the war, firs