Doctor, Jet pilot, pioneer. Dr. Stephen Blizzard was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad in 1928. His father was the principal of a primary school during his childhood. Dr. Blizzard left Trinidad in 1948. He received a scholarship to attend […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Called the Missile with a Man in it. The CF-104 Starfighter was flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1961 on through to the 1980s. Fast, with an incredibly thin profile – it was made for fast attack and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

For close to three decades – Air Cadets have had one formal issued uniform. Blue Tunic, and pants with sharp creases. Excellent for parades, keeping the boots shiny and the creases sharp means it isn’t good for cleaning, laying prone […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

In 1948 – with the Chuck Yeager as pilot , was the first crewed airplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and was the first of the X-planes, a series of American experimental rocket planes (and non-rocket […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

#296Daily – Nov 1975, half the Soviet Baltic fleet begins looking for a rogue mutinied naval vessel. Making for a neutral country – this very real story would become a kernel of history on which the HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…