Most readers will recall the name of Jim “Pee Wee” Martin, the pugnacious WWII 101st Airborne paratrooper veteran who came to prominence in recent years for parachuting – deep into his 90s – from vintage […]
From an original article by Larry Merritt for Boeing Frontiers Online, adapted by Jason Capra of Vintage Wings. and our staff. 85 years ago today, one of aviation’s best-known and most-loved airplanes was born. On […]
A historic, combat-veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (41-20095) took to the skies again for the first time in several decades in Beach City, Ohio on Saturday October 6th, 2018 following a remarkable three-year effort by Jason […]
Back in May, 2016, WarbirdsNews published a story HERE about Jason Capra and his efforts to save a forlorn WWII-veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095 that he found sitting, more or less abandoned, at a grass […]
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