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The spy who came in from the Cold War | Book Reviews
5+ hour, 43+ min ago (454+ words) Ben Macintyre's Redwood explores a Cold War spy defection that had deadly consequences for Iran...
Commemorative Air Force Airbase Georgia Barnstorming Tour comes to Augusta with World War II planes
19+ hour, 2+ min ago (218+ words) The rescheduled CAF (Commemorative Air Force) Airbase Georgia Barnstorming Tour stopped at Augusta Regional Airport on Sept. 26 for Augusta Rides Day, giving the public a chance to ride in restored vintage military aircraft. Rides were offered in a 1945 P-51 Mustang, a…...
Ithaca community remembers aviators killed in Enfield crash
1+ day, 20+ min ago (130+ words) Friends and relatives are remembering flight instructors David Kornreich and Andrew Harrell after their deaths in an Aug. 30 plane crash in Enfield, according to The Ithaca Voice. Kornreich, a 52-year-old Cornell professor, and Harrell, a 31-year-old aircraft mechanic, were flying…...
The P-51 Mustang Fought the Last Dogfight Between Propeller-Driven Fighters in 1969. A Honduran F4U Corsair Shot It Down.
10+ hour, 44+ min ago (82+ words) The P-51 Mustang exists because North American Aviation refused to build P-40s for Britain. With a Rolls-Royce Merlin it broke the Luftwaffe, then fought in Korea, lost the last piston-engine dogfight in 1969, and flew in the Dominican Republic until 1984....
This Day September 27
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (10+ words) This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—September 27 National Review...
DUMISANI HLATSWAYO | Why respect is earned, but dignity is not
11+ hour, 38+ min ago (1352+ words) One of the most common phrases in modern conversations about relationships, families and workplaces is that respect is earned. It is usually said in response to an older idea: that age, gender or position should automatically command obedience. There is…...
Deja View: Richie’s 2024 WWII film a good time
12+ hour, 2+ min ago (123+ words) theparisnews.com “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” is a Guy Ritchie film that was originally released in 2024, but has found a more receptive home on the streaming venue Netflix. English filmmaker Ritchie is best-known for gangster comedies and explosive action…...
Remembering the Battle of Hong Kong
16+ hour, 42+ min ago (953+ words) Question of the Day: Are you surprised Danielle Smith’s popularity has dipped and her party is now tied with NDP according to some polls? By Lethbridge Herald on September 26, 2026. For most Canadians, the Second World War has a familiar soundtrack....
Dominic Sandbrook: this book gives military history a good name
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (66+ words) The Times Dominic Sandbrook: this book gives military history a good name In Plunder, his devastating account of the final weeks of the Second World War, Max Hastings brings the conflict to life in such detail it leaves you reeling…...
Hindenburg Disaster 1937: 32 Seconds at Lakehurst
14+ hour, 28+ min ago (678+ words) by Tamika Johnson | Sep 27, 2026 | Luftfahrtwelt, Geschichte & Legenden | 0 comments In roughly half a minute, the largest aircraft of its day was a burning skeleton on the sand. Thirty-six people died: 13 passengers, 22 crew and one man on the ground. Because the cameras…...