Wing walking on a Boeing Stearman biplane is exactly what it sounds like — a person strapped to the upper wing of an aircraft ...
Families and aeronautical enthusiasts were taken back in time to a classic era of aviation during the Springfield Barnstorming Carnival. Dozens of vintage biplanes turned up Saturday and Sunday to ...
The 10th annual Barnstorming Carnival will be held this weekend at the Springfield airport. “This unique event celebrates the planes and pilots that went all over the U.S. in the 1920s and 30s, ...
Part I:The Early Days -- Flying Lessons -- Going to war -- Part II: The War Years -- Fighting the Germans -- The Distinguished Flying Cross -- The Spitfire goes down -- Prisoner of war -- Escape from ...
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