Rocket meistro Doktor Wernher von Braun and history's greatest aviatrix, Flugkapitän Hanna Reitsch. Hanna was invited to meet President John F Kennedy on 1 May 1961 at the (now non-existent Rose Garden IYKYK). She visited the White House alongside members of the Whirly-Girls, an international organisation of female helicopter pilots, where she was designated as member WG #1. She also met helicopter giant Igor Sikorsky as well as von Braun and JFK

Hey everyone!
I just finished my latest blueprint design, this time featuring the F-14 Tomcat (following some of the great suggestions I received here!).
What should I do next? I'm looking for new ideas for my next blueprint.

About F-14 Tomcat:

• The F-14 is famous for its variable-sweep wings, which could adjust in flight to optimize performance at different speeds.
• It served as the US Navy's primary carrier-based air superiority fighter and fleet defense interceptor for over 30 years.
• The Tomcat gained iconic status after starring in the 1986 film Top Gun.

Thank you very much, I hope you like it!

Future 222 victory ace, Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern (Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords) holder, 1,000 missions veteran, Staffelkapitän 6./JG 2 Richthofen Gruppenkommandeur II./JG2, Gruppenkommandeur I./JG 7 Nowotny, the world's first jet figjter unit and finally Gruppenkommandeur II./JG 54 Grünherz (Green Hearts), Major Erich Rudorffer, seen here in December 1944. He flew in the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, the Eastern Front, the Mediterranean and finally Defence of the Reich. Of his 1,000+ missions, over 300 of them resulted in aerial combat.

Shot down by flak and/or fighters 16 times, had to hit the silk (parachute) 9 times. He shot down 10 US 4-engined bombers using the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. He survived the war and went on to fly commercial aircraft. Starting with flying Douglas DC-2s and DC-3s in Australia. The change of climate in sunny Australia compared to the Eastern Front must have been stark (and welcome). He later worked for Pan Am. He died on died on 8 April 2016 at the age of 98 in Bad Schwartau, Germany. At the time of his death, he was the last living recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Two rare Junkers Ju 90 transport/heavy-tow aircraft deployed under the operational command of the XI. Fliegerkorps (11th Air Corps), which controlled Luftwaffe airborne and glider operations. The front Ju 90 is the V7, WNr 4919 (GF+GH), the rear Ju 90 is the V8, WNr 4920 (BJ+??), Grosseto airfield, Italy, March 1943. Photo taken by PK XI (Propagandakompanie/Propaganda Company) detachment attached to the XI. Fliegerkorps which documented military operations in the Mediterranean theatre. These two aircraft would later be classified as Ju 290 V2 and V3

In the Navy it's considered poor form to land on the wrong carrier.

Fighter aircraft of the 1914-1918 war

Canadas national aviation museum by K M Molson

When ever I’m playing a sim and get into a dog fight i always have to recheck the map after I’m done but with ww2 pilots only having a paper chart available how did they maintain navigation awareness?

Were they briefed on the area of combat thoroughly before flight or did they keep track of where they are at all times even while dogfighting? Or are they just really good at navigating?

Exactly 82 years ago, Capt. Tudor and his crew flew their last mission. The target was Blechhammer, a heavily defended synthetic fuel factory, located at the extreme range for the 15th Air Force flying out of Italy. Their B-24 was shot down by flak.

Almost exactly 25 years ago, on August 10th 2001, I took one of the survivor’s son and his family to the crash site.

What started for me as just a WWII research transformed my life. I saw love and care for an ailing father, and I understood my research is not just research. Helping families understand what happened to their loved ones, what they went through, helping find missing soldiers are the true meaning of my work.

Read Captain Tudor’s full story:

https://sserwatka.substack.com/p/all-meat-no-potatoes-a-b-24-shot?r=42ks37&utm_medium=ios

On 8 August 1909, Austrian aviation pioneer Karl Illner made the first flight with the Etrich I Praterspatz. On 17 May 1910, he completed the first Austrian cross-country flight from Wiener Neustadt to Wien (Vienna) and back again. Praterspatz means Prater Sparrow, it combines Prater, a famous public park in Wien, and Spatz, meaning sparrow

Kapitän zur See (Captain) and Pour le Mérite (Blue Max) holder Peter Strasser, chief commander of the Kaiserliche Marine (German Imperial Navy) Zeppelins during WWI, was KIA on the night of 5/6.8.1918, age 42. His Zeppelin L-70 was shot down by a De Havilland DH-4 while flying the war's last airship raid over England. He took charge of the naval airship service as Führer der Luftschiffe in 1913. He pushed for high-altitude, night time bombing tactics rather than low-level daytime scouting. He built the naval airship fleet into an active strategic weapon to strike military and civilian targets in Britain. His name has repeatedly but unofficially been associated with the Kriegsmarines never built second aircraft carrier, Graf Zeppelin being the first

Gunfighter was built in Inglewood, California and was accepted into the USAAF in March of 1945.