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Flight’s glamorous beginnings

This week the AP time machine travels back to this month in 1944 and 1981

Some of today’s technology goes back much further than you’d imagine

Fritz Kosmahl, destined to become one of Germany’s most highly decorated two-seater pilots, was born in Leipzig on 5 September 1892. His early interest in aviation led him to undertake pilot training

Talk about taking a view of the bigger picture. A chance to ride in the Goodyear Blimp offered me a spectacular fresh perspective on the recent Le Mans 24 Hours, just as the great race was setting in

When Buckingham Palace was hit by bombs on 15 September 1940, it brought the war to the very front door of King George VI and his wife Elizabeth, the Queen consort. Just over two weeks later, the war