The Yakovlev Yak-9 and North American P-51 Mustang are two of the most infamous fighters of the Second World War.

An inquiry into the bombing in 1998 also heard how a then teenager described it as their ‘final loss of innocence’.

The X-1 was first flown on glide tests, in Florida, after being dropped from a B-29 at 29,000 feet. It wasn’t until information collected during the glide tests was processed, and adjustments were ...

The crew had to bail.  Pressel bailed from the plane, landing hard in a cornfield. The free fall caused his ...