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Globetrotting Leviathan: Graf Zeppelin’s amazing voyage

One of the Americans on board the blimp was future Vice Adm. Charles E. Rosendahl, the U.S. Navy’s top airship man.

By Eric Niderost, Aviation History

3 years ago

Remembering Wally

Before he became one of the Mercury Seven, the irreverent astronaut Walter Schirra cut his teeth flying Navy fighters.

By Barrett Tillman, Aviation History Magazine

4 years ago

Jesse L. Brown: the son of a sharecropper who became a Navy hero

He overcame hardship and prejudice in his quest for 'Wings of Gold.'

By Ron Edwards, Aviation History Magazine

4 years ago

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