kumpulan berbagai informasi sejarah / riwayat dan peristiwa penting lainnya dalam sejarah manusia
Was Thaddeus Stevens as angry and abrasive as he’s portrayed in Spielberg’s Lincoln? In December 1863, when Maryland Representative Henry Winter Davis arrived in Washington for the new session of Congress, he promptly headed to Capitol Hill to pay his respects to the all-powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Thaddeus Stevens. But …
The post Reel Vs. Real: Thaddeus Stevens appeared first on HistoryNet.
Bertie Lee’s Final FlightWith two engines out and a fire in the bomb bay, the battered B-17’s odds of survival didn’t look good, but somehow the three remaining crewmen kept the shot-up bomber flying. “Bra… Read MoreDeadly Duo: Sopwith Camel and Fokker TriplaneTwo of the world’s most famous fighters—the Sopwith Camel and Fokker triplane—are arguably the most overrated. German Lieutenant Lothar von Richthofen, younger brother of Manfred, … Read MoreThe Gardenville ProjectThe iconic bubble-canopy Bell 47, the first helicopter certified for civilian use, was born in an abandoned car dealership. Snowy Buffalo, on the shores of Lake Erie in upstate New… Read MoreAviation History Book Review: Project TerminatedProject Terminated: Famous Military Aircraft Cancellations of the Cold War and What Might Have Been by Erik Simonsen, Crécy Publishing, Manchester, UK, 2013, $39.95. Any aviation d… Read MoreShort-Lived Glory: The Canberra WD932English Electric Canberra WD932’s brief but distinguished service life ended in tragedy. Archival footage from the 1951 newsreel shows a sleek twin- engine jet being towed out of i… Read More
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar