Former Army Air Corps Capt. Jerry Yellin’s latest book is “The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of WWII.”
An airport breakfast is the traditional send-off for planes and pilots departing after the 6-day-long National Stearman Fly-In.
Eight Galesburg residents, ranging in age from 68 to 94, will enjoy flights in a 1942 biplane during the 46th National Stearman Fly-In.
Steve Black and a small group of volunteers are on a mission to save some American history – part of what remains of Naval Air Station Ottumwa, Iowa.
Some know the Stearman Model 75 as “The Pilot Maker.” It earned that honorific because more men and women in World War II’s “Greatest Generation” learned to fly in Stearmans than any other series of aircraft built.
What attracts people to Stearman biplanes?
The Stearman introduced more of World War II’s “Greatest Generation” to flight than any other airplane.
The Boeing/Stearman Model 75 primary trainer is probably the best known bi-plane in aviation history.
