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Kamikaze Pilot

14. My friends depart, never to return

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 14. My friends depart, never to return

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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

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