In the golden age of postwar aviation, few figures embodied the daring spirit of air racing like Ellis David "E.D." Weiner. A two-time winner of the Harold's Club Transcontinental Trophy Dash and a ...

Lt. Gordon H. Root of Victor, New York, never saw combat overseas-but his sacrifice was no less heroic. On November 26, 1943, while ferrying a P-51 Mustang for the U.S. Army Air Forces, Root lost his ...