Robert E. van Patten
Recent stories by Robert E. van Patten
From the Bicycle Shop to B-2 Bombers
For nearly a century, Dayton, Ohio, has been a seedbed of the nation's military airpower.
The Race for the Stratosphere
Between the wars, airmen ran enormous risks to take piston-powered airplanes above 50,000 feet.
Before the Flying Tigers
Throughout the 1930s, American airmen fought the Imperial Japanese Army in China.
G-Lock and the Fighter Jock
At nine Gs, you weigh 1,800 pounds and you feel every ounce of it.
Pioneers at High Altitude
Seventy years ago, aviators knew little about the hazards that awaited them above 20,000 feet.
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