5. Training like crazy to die
Specific training for the suicide mission begins – with high speed glides from up to 10,000 feet in the Zero. The young pilots contemplate their imminent and inevitable deaths – as USAAF B-29s stream overhead. Translated by Nicholas Voge. Continue reading 5. Training like crazy to die
Trapping the Dragon Lady
In 1963, the CIA and US Navy began working together to adapt the Lockheed U-2 spy plane for carrier operations. This is the story of bringing the US’s most difficult aircraft to land to aviation’s most difficult landing. Continue reading Trapping the Dragon Lady
4. Like a fish out of water
Seaplane pilot and instructor makes the transition to flying landplanes and converts to nimble – if war-weary and unreliable – Mitsubishi A6M ‘Zero’ fighters. Translated by Nicholas Voge. Continue reading 4. Like a fish out of water
3. Our coffins were painted pink
Masa’aki Saeki and his squadron-mates arrive at the secretive Konike air base and learn the reality of their mission. They also see their Yokosuka MXY-7/K-1 Ohka suicide bombs for the first time. Translated by Nicholas Voge. Continue reading 3. Our coffins were painted pink
War comes to Chicago
The story of C-54 Skymaster production at the Douglas Chicago factory is extraordinary in itself. But how they produced their very first aircraft – and how – quickly is simply next-level. Continue reading War comes to Chicago
2. Another guy died
Continuing the memoir of WW2 Japanese suicide pilot, Masa’aki Saeki. In this chapter, Saeki ‘volunteers’ for a secret mission and is transferred north for training Jinrai Butai, Imperial Japanese Navy. Translated by Nicholas Voge. Continue reading 2. Another guy died
1. Finally, we depart for Kashima
Enter the mind of a WW2 Japanese volunteer suicide pilot… This is the extraordinary diary of Masa’aki Saeki, trainee Yokosuka MXY-7/K-1 Ohka pilot, 721st Kōkūtai Jinrai Butai, Imperial Japanese Navy. Translated by Nicholas Voge. Continue reading 1. Finally, we depart for Kashima
A journey shared
Salvaging a wrecked WB-29 from a remote and icy recovery strip was not part of the plan when Robert Liggett volunteered for the US Air Force in Tennessee during the 1950s. But you go where you’re sent… Continue reading A journey shared
Out of the blue…
Those of you with sharp-eyes and a long memory may have noticed that it’s been a while since anything appeared on airscape Magazine. Happily, that’s about to change. But first, a brief word of explanation – and I’m the kind of person that treats “enough about me” as a platform rather than a conclusion, so I will be keeping it short. Making excuses Even though … Continue reading Out of the blue…
Extra Manoeuvers
What It Takes to Pull Formation Gsat World Championship Level Written by Monica Kade Flying is an unexpected romance, one that many have come to know intimately in their own way. It seems to choose the individual, rather than the other way around, and it’s a feeling that’s hard to shake from the soul. Those who love it, live and breathe it—and a select few, … Continue reading Extra Manoeuvers
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