by John Chvatal | Aug 17, 2018 | Aviation Legacy
Editor’s Note: This article excerpt originally appeared in The Weekend Australian Magazine. In the autumn of 1945, a troop of young Australian soldiers was trudging through the muddy rainforests of New Britain, an island in the east of what is now Papua New... 
by Guest Editorial | Jun 30, 2017 | Aviation Legacy
by Jack Kinyon, Air Transport Command (ATC) 1942-1947 The Beginning After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the United States was suddenly involved in two major wars. One in the Pacific against Japan and the other in Europe against Germany. Troops were... 
by Guest Editorial | Sep 27, 2016 | Aviation Legacy
There is very little known about a search project based out of Australia that has been searching for the Amelia Earhart Lockheed Electra aircraft missing since July 1937. Theories about Amelia Earhart abound Although there are a few theories concerning the... 
by John Chvatal | Mar 12, 2015 | Aviation Legacy
Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Edward Joseph and Selma O’Hare on March 13th, 1914. Butch had two sisters, Patricia and Marilyn. In 1927, their parents divorced and their dad moved to Chicago while their mother...
