Italian Gen. Italo Balbo’s arrival in Chicago was a spectacular performance freighted with future history. Early on the evening of July 15, 1933, his air fleet could be glimpsed amid the enveloping ...
The image that crosses the mind of most people when Italian design is brought up is that of smooth sports vehicles, haute fashion, and the chic Italian architecture. But this worship of beauty goes ...
In the short time between the first flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk in 1903 and the Battle of Britain that started in July of 1940, the airplane had evolved from a rickety DIY creation to ...
World War I birthed the modern air forces of the world. As nations grasped the importance of aerial dominance, the significance of airpower grew exponentially. World War II saw the large-scale ...