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Just the Facts, Plane & Pilot News Roundup For The Week of September 21, 2020

A moving World War II fly-over of Washington, D.C, more hurricane damage, a lawsuit against Los Angeles County Sheriffs in Kobe crash and more.

"The first big raid by the 8th Air Force was on a Focke Wulf plant at Marienburg. Coming back, the Germans were up in full force and we lost at least 80 ships - 800 men, many of them pals." 1943. Army Air Forces. (OWI) Exact Date Shot Unknown NARA FILE #: 208-YE-7 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1087

Going Direct: Eighty Years Ago, With Freedom Under Attack, Hope Took Wing.

In 1939, Nazi Germany brought war to Europe. In 1941, Japan drew America into a conflict that seemed unwinnable. Aircraft changed everything.

Warbirds Fly Over D.C. En Masse Commemorating 75 Years Since The End of WWII

The Arsenal Of Democracy will be quite a show.

A Super Cub Biplane And The Top Ten Planes Of All Time

Our list of the top planes of all time leaves out the iconic J-3, but includes the PA-18’which, let’s set the record straight, never needed another wing.

An Interview With Jon Walczak

The executive producer and host of Missing in Alaska answers six questions for Plane & Pilot

A vintage straight-tail Cessna 310 similar to N1812H.

Did A Bomb Bring Down The Begich-Boggs Flight?

The hottest theory for why N1812H disappeared might be wrong, but the investigation has uncovered some disturbing truths that support the claim.

Video Of The Week: Using ALL The Runway, On Purpose!

He was cleared to land long, and boy did he ever!

A screen capture from a flight simulation game of a early, straight-tail Cessna 310 put together by Ryan Vince and tweaked by digital artist Michael Kline before being modified one last time by the folks at Plane & Pilot. The plane here represents a best-guess depiction of N1812H, a 1959 Cessna 310C that disappeared on a flight from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, in 1972 with four aboard, including two U.S. Congressmen, Nick Begich of Alaska and Hale Boggs of Louisiana. Not a single confirmed piece of evidence has ever been found. This is likely what the flight that day looked like, with weather reported to be at least this bad.

1972 Cessna 310C Alaska Disappearance of Hale Boggs and Nick Begich

Fifty years later, the mystery of N1812H and the many theories behind its disappearance are still relevant.

uAvionix Gets FAA Certification For AV-30 Low-Cost Primary Display

The round gauge fits into existing instrument holes and mounts from behind.

The emergency escape hatch of Dale Earnhardt, Jr's plane impaled by a metal fence post. Photo courtesy of NTSB

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Plane Crash Was Pilot Error: NTSB Final Report

The 2019 incident involved a complex succession of pilot actions and aircraft system overrides that might have ended far worse than a burned-up airplane.