“John Richard Boyd was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force following completion of the ROTC program at the University of Iowa. On March 27, 1953, Boyd arrived in Korea as an F-86
In the June 9, 1958 edition of TIME Magazine, there was an article titled “How To Go Weightless”. “The magazine’s Medicine Editor Gilbert Cant “went weightless in one of the Air Force’s fast jet fighters
An article by Bryan R. Swopes tells a fantastic story about Scott Crossfield and the first F-100 NACA flight. Here it is as told on Bryan’s website This Day In Aviation.com. 8 September 1954: Scott
You’ll likely see some familiar faces in Cade Martin’s photo essay “Over War”. The amazing portraits and quotes feature some of our SSS members such as Moose Skowron, Bob Gadd, Bill Hosmer, Ben Bowthorpe, Chuck
If you have some time, (45 minutes) there’s a great YouTube video of F-100’s set to music. The quality of the video isn’t great, but it’s amusing to discover which classical musical masterpieces the author
Dick Rutan reminded us that “35 years ago today, December 23, the Voyager completed the first non-stop, non-refuel flight round the world 9 days 3 minutes 44 seconds. Distance 26,358 SM. Flown by a sh*t
