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8/26/2025

New Articles out on Vintage Aviation News
I have written a coupke of Articles that are now posted to http://www.vintageaviationnews.com

  1. https://vintageaviationnews.com/warbird-articles/tuskegee-airmen-the-red-tails-who-defied-the-skies-and-history.html- About the Tuskeegee Airman and the war they fought on their own to become Aviatiors
  1. https://vintageaviationnews.com/warbird-articles/tuskegee-airmen-the-red-tails-who-defied-the-skies-and-history.html- This Highlights the retirement of the Rolls Royce Testbed 747-200 N787RR


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