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On November 12, 2022, two World War II–era aircraft, a B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra, collided mid-air and crashed during the Wings Over Dallas air show at Dallas Executive Airport in Dallas, Texas, United States. [1] The air show, which coincided with Veterans Day commemorations, was organized by the Commemorative Air Force.
Masters of the Air is a 2024 American war drama miniseries created by John Shiban and John Orloff for Apple TV+. [4] It is based on the 2007 book of the same name by Donald L. Miller and follows the actions of the 100th Bomb Group, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber unit in the Eighth Air Force in eastern England during World War II. [5]
Pappy was an ace pre-World War II combat pilot and has the most air victories, or "kills", of any pilot in the squadron. In the pilot episode, Boyington has six kills from his combat tour in China before World War II with the Flying Tigers. His count climbs into the mid-20s as the series progresses.
The air show is from August 29 through September 1 at Cape May Airport. ... a P-51D Mustang fighter plane from World War II, is taking part in AirFest 2024 at Cape May Airport. The air show is ...
The series was created after the airing of a one-time special called Dogfights: The Greatest Air Battles in September 2005. That program's combination of realistic-looking CGI dogfights, interviews, period documentary footage, and voice-over narration proved so successful, that the History Channel requested the production of an entire TV series, which became Dogfights. [2]
November 11 – Fairview Fly-in and Air Show, Fairview, Oklahoma – Civilian stunt pilot Tom McGuire in a North American SNJ-5, North American T-6 Texan, registered N91047, was recovering from a left aileron roll, the aircraft nose dropped and the aircraft turned 45 degrees to the right of the runway heading, it then impacted the ground in a ...
Robert Anderson Hoover (January 24, 1922 – October 25, 2016) was an American fighter pilot, test pilot, flight instructor, and record-setting air show aviator.. Hoover flew Spitfires in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and was shot down in 1944 off the coast of France.
SeaWings, narrated by Edward Easton, was a separately-branded program that focused on United States (and some foreign) naval aircraft from World War II to the present day, including: Grumman A-6 Intruder ("Thunder from the Sea") Grumman F9F Panther/Cougar; Grumman F-14 Tomcat ("Defender of the Fleet") Grumman TBF Avenger ("The Avenger")