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September 09, 2015

Gone West: Tuskegee Airman Calvin Spann

Veteran Of 26 Combat Missions Dies At 90

Another of the Tuskegee Airmen has Gone West. The family of 90-year-old Calvin Spann confirmed that he passed away Sunday at his home in Texas.

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Gone West: WWII Pilot Ben Kuroki

Was The Only Japanese-American To Fly Over Japan During WWII

Ben Kuroki had to overcome a lot of obstacles to fly for the U.S. during WWII ... not least among them was his Japanese heritage.

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Sky-High Insurance Forces Cancellation Of U.K. Spitfire Flyby

Rates Skyrocket Following Vulcan Incident, Shoreham Accident

A flyby by a group of 20 Spitfire owners who had hoped to make a flyby over central London on September 20 in commemoration of the Battle of Britain were stopped in their tracks by astronomical insurance rates.

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Vintage Spitfire Down In Ashford, Kent U.K.

Pilot Walks Away After Bringing Plane Down In A Field

The pilot of a vintage Supermarine Spitfire was not seriously injured in a forced landing Monday in a field near Ashford in Kent, U.K.

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Aero-TV: Higher Callings - The Story Behind ‘Above and Beyond’

The Stunning Details Of A Compelling Aspect Of Aviation History

If you try to tell the story of American pilots flying variations of the German Messerschmitt BF-109 while escorting B-17 bombers on their mission, most people wouldn’t believe you. It’s also hard to believe that pilots flying British Spitfires were locked in deadly aerial battles against each other. But, these things did happen in Israel’s war for independence that began in 1948. While at EAA AirVenture 2015, ANN’s Maxine Scheer interviewed Nancy Spielberg, who is the producer of a documentary movie titled, Above and

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Italy's F-35A Lightning II Flies Inaugural European Sortie

First-Ever F-35 Flight To Take Place Outside The U.S.

Italy's first F-35A Lightning II, known as AL-1 and assembled at the Cameri Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility, flew for the first time Monday, marking the program's first-ever F-35 flight outside the United States.

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