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Aviation history, warbirds, restorations, and hangar flying. Taildragger tells the stories behind the machines and the people who flew them. From Radio Hangar, 24/7 aviation talk radio.

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Beryl Markham, the Vega Gull, and the Woman Who Flew the Atlantic the Hard Way
Beryl Markham, the Vega Gull, and the Woman Who Flew the Atlantic the Hard Way episode artwork
Today at 1:10 AM

Beryl Markham, the Vega Gull, and the Woman Who Flew the Atlantic the Hard Way. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The Boeing Model Two Ninety-Nine, the Gust Lock Nobody Removed, and the Preflight Checklist Born from the Crash That Almost Ended the B-17 Before It Began
The Boeing Model Two Ninety-Nine, the Gust Lock Nobody Removed, and the Preflight Checklist Born from the Crash That Almost Ended the B-17 Before It Began episode artwork
Today at 12:20 AM

The Boeing Model Two Ninety-Nine, the Gust Lock Nobody Removed, and the Preflight Checklist Born from the Crash That Almost Ended the B-17 Before It Began. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Wrong-Way Corrigan, the Curtiss Robin He Flew on a Prayer, and the Navigation Error Nobody Ever Believed
Wrong-Way Corrigan, the Curtiss Robin He Flew on a Prayer, and the Navigation Error Nobody Ever Believed episode artwork
Yesterday at 11:50 PM

Wrong-Way Corrigan, the Curtiss Robin He Flew on a Prayer, and the Navigation Error Nobody Ever Believed. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Bessie Coleman, the License She Had to Cross the Atlantic to Earn, and the Barnstorming Career She Built on Her Own Terms
Bessie Coleman, the License She Had to Cross the Atlantic to Earn, and the Barnstorming Career She Built on Her Own Terms episode artwork
Yesterday at 10:30 PM

Bessie Coleman, the License She Had to Cross the Atlantic to Earn, and the Barnstorming Career She Built on Her Own Terms. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Lincoln Beachey, the Man Who Owned the Sky, and the Death Spiral Over San Francisco Bay That Ended Aviation's Greatest Act
Lincoln Beachey, the Man Who Owned the Sky, and the Death Spiral Over San Francisco Bay That Ended Aviation's Greatest Act episode artwork
Yesterday at 10:00 PM

Lincoln Beachey, the Man Who Owned the Sky, and the Death Spiral Over San Francisco Bay That Ended Aviation's Greatest Act. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the Fork-Tailed Devil That Flew to Yamamoto, and the Twin-Boom Fighter That Defined American Air Power in Two Oceans
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the Fork-Tailed Devil That Flew to Yamamoto, and the Twin-Boom Fighter That Defined American Air Power in Two Oceans episode artwork
Yesterday at 9:20 PM

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the Fork-Tailed Devil That Flew to Yamamoto, and the Twin-Boom Fighter That Defined American Air Power in Two Oceans. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The de Havilland Beaver, the Survey Camps of the Canadian Shield, and the Bush Plane Born from Listening to the Pilots Who Already Had the Answer
The de Havilland Beaver, the Survey Camps of the Canadian Shield, and the Bush Plane Born from Listening to the Pilots Who Already Had the Answer episode artwork
Yesterday at 8:40 PM

The de Havilland Beaver, the Survey Camps of the Canadian Shield, and the Bush Plane Born from Listening to the Pilots Who Already Had the Answer. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Operation Tidal Wave, the Low-Level B-Twenty-Four Attack on Ploesti, and the Most Decorated Single Mission in American Aviation History
Operation Tidal Wave, the Low-Level B-Twenty-Four Attack on Ploesti, and the Most Decorated Single Mission in American Aviation History episode artwork
Yesterday at 8:00 PM

Operation Tidal Wave, the Low-Level B-Twenty-Four Attack on Ploesti, and the Most Decorated Single Mission in American Aviation History. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Tex Johnston, the Boeing Dash-80, and the Barrel Roll That Sold the Seven Oh Seven
Tex Johnston, the Boeing Dash-80, and the Barrel Roll That Sold the Seven Oh Seven episode artwork
Yesterday at 7:20 PM

Tex Johnston, the Boeing Dash-80, and the Barrel Roll That Sold the Seven Oh Seven. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The MacRobertson Air Race, the DH Eighty-Eight Comet Built in Nine Months to Win It, and the KLM Douglas DC-Two That Raced with Paying Passengers Aboard
The MacRobertson Air Race, the DH Eighty-Eight Comet Built in Nine Months to Win It, and the KLM Douglas DC-Two That Raced with Paying Passengers Aboard episode artwork
Yesterday at 6:40 PM

The MacRobertson Air Race, the DH Eighty-Eight Comet Built in Nine Months to Win It, and the KLM Douglas DC-Two That Raced with Paying Passengers Aboard. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The de Havilland Mosquito, the Wooden Wonder the Air Ministry Refused to Believe In, and the Prototype That Came Home to Salisbury Hall
The de Havilland Mosquito, the Wooden Wonder the Air Ministry Refused to Believe In, and the Prototype That Came Home to Salisbury Hall episode artwork
Yesterday at 6:00 PM

The de Havilland Mosquito, the Wooden Wonder the Air Ministry Refused to Believe In, and the Prototype That Came Home to Salisbury Hall. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Doc, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress That Came Back from China Lake, and the Sixteen Years of Volunteer Work That Turned a Navy Fire Trainer Back Into a Flying Warbird
Doc, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress That Came Back from China Lake, and the Sixteen Years of Volunteer Work That Turned a Navy Fire Trainer Back Into a Flying Warbird episode artwork
Yesterday at 4:50 PM

Doc, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress That Came Back from China Lake, and the Sixteen Years of Volunteer Work That Turned a Navy Fire Trainer Back Into a Flying Warbird. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Operation Chastise, Barnes Wallis and the Bouncing Bomb, and the Nineteen Lancasters That Flew at Sixty Feet to Breach the Ruhr Dams
Operation Chastise, Barnes Wallis and the Bouncing Bomb, and the Nineteen Lancasters That Flew at Sixty Feet to Breach the Ruhr Dams episode artwork
Yesterday at 2:10 PM

Operation Chastise, Barnes Wallis and the Bouncing Bomb, and the Nineteen Lancasters That Flew at Sixty Feet to Breach the Ruhr Dams. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Jacqueline Cochran, the Bendix Run of Nineteen Thirty-Eight, and the Woman Who Held More Speed Records Than Any Pilot Alive
Jacqueline Cochran, the Bendix Run of Nineteen Thirty-Eight, and the Woman Who Held More Speed Records Than Any Pilot Alive episode artwork
Yesterday at 1:10 AM

Jacqueline Cochran, the Bendix Run of Nineteen Thirty-Eight, and the Woman Who Held More Speed Records Than Any Pilot Alive. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Howard Hughes, the H-4 Hercules, and the One-Mile Promise He Made Before the United States Senate
Howard Hughes, the H-4 Hercules, and the One-Mile Promise He Made Before the United States Senate episode artwork
Yesterday at 12:20 AM

Howard Hughes, the H-4 Hercules, and the One-Mile Promise He Made Before the United States Senate. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Bob Hoover, the Stolen Focke-Wulf, and the Escape from Stalag Luft One That Made the Greatest Airshow Pilot Who Ever Lived
Bob Hoover, the Stolen Focke-Wulf, and the Escape from Stalag Luft One That Made the Greatest Airshow Pilot Who Ever Lived episode artwork
Last Monday at 11:50 PM

Bob Hoover, the Stolen Focke-Wulf, and the Escape from Stalag Luft One That Made the Greatest Airshow Pilot Who Ever Lived. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Ormer Locklear, the Wing Walker Who Invented the Barnstorming Show, and the Hollywood Night Dive That Killed the Best Act in Aviation
Ormer Locklear, the Wing Walker Who Invented the Barnstorming Show, and the Hollywood Night Dive That Killed the Best Act in Aviation episode artwork
Last Monday at 10:30 PM

Ormer Locklear, the Wing Walker Who Invented the Barnstorming Show, and the Hollywood Night Dive That Killed the Best Act in Aviation. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Wiley Post, the Winnie Mae, and the One-Eyed Pilot Who Found the Jet Stream Before Anyone Knew What It Was
Wiley Post, the Winnie Mae, and the One-Eyed Pilot Who Found the Jet Stream Before Anyone Knew What It Was episode artwork
Last Monday at 10:00 PM

Wiley Post, the Winnie Mae, and the One-Eyed Pilot Who Found the Jet Stream Before Anyone Knew What It Was. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, the Jug That Nobody Wanted, and What Hub Zemke's Wolfpack Learned When They Stopped Flying It Like a Spitfire
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, the Jug That Nobody Wanted, and What Hub Zemke's Wolfpack Learned When They Stopped Flying It Like a Spitfire episode artwork
Last Monday at 9:20 PM

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, the Jug That Nobody Wanted, and What Hub Zemke's Wolfpack Learned When They Stopped Flying It Like a Spitfire. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Bob Reeve, the Valdez Mud Flats, and the Glacier Landings That No Other Pilot Would Try
Bob Reeve, the Valdez Mud Flats, and the Glacier Landings That No Other Pilot Would Try episode artwork
Last Monday at 8:40 PM

Bob Reeve, the Valdez Mud Flats, and the Glacier Landings That No Other Pilot Would Try. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The Night Witches, the Soviet Women's Night Bomber Regiment, and the Po-Two Biplanes That Made the Luftwaffe Fear the Dark
The Night Witches, the Soviet Women's Night Bomber Regiment, and the Po-Two Biplanes That Made the Luftwaffe Fear the Dark episode artwork
Last Monday at 8:00 PM

The Night Witches, the Soviet Women's Night Bomber Regiment, and the Po-Two Biplanes That Made the Luftwaffe Fear the Dark. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Alcock and Brown, the Vickers Vimy, and the Sixteen Hours That Crossed the Atlantic Eight Years Before Anyone Remembered
Alcock and Brown, the Vickers Vimy, and the Sixteen Hours That Crossed the Atlantic Eight Years Before Anyone Remembered episode artwork
Last Monday at 7:20 PM

Alcock and Brown, the Vickers Vimy, and the Sixteen Hours That Crossed the Atlantic Eight Years Before Anyone Remembered. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The Gee Bee Super Sportster, the Granville Brothers of Springfield, and the Summer the Most Dangerous Airplane of the Golden Age Won the Thompson Trophy
The Gee Bee Super Sportster, the Granville Brothers of Springfield, and the Summer the Most Dangerous Airplane of the Golden Age Won the Thompson Trophy episode artwork
Last Monday at 6:40 PM

The Gee Bee Super Sportster, the Granville Brothers of Springfield, and the Summer the Most Dangerous Airplane of the Golden Age Won the Thompson Trophy. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The Northrop N-9M Flying Wing, the One-Third Scale Proof Jack Northrop Needed, and the Only Survivor Flying at Chino
The Northrop N-9M Flying Wing, the One-Third Scale Proof Jack Northrop Needed, and the Only Survivor Flying at Chino episode artwork
Last Monday at 6:00 PM

The Northrop N-9M Flying Wing, the One-Third Scale Proof Jack Northrop Needed, and the Only Survivor Flying at Chino. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The USS Wolverine, the Paddle-Wheel Carrier That Trained Fifteen Thousand Naval Aviators, and the Warbirds Still Coming Up from the Floor of Lake Michigan
The USS Wolverine, the Paddle-Wheel Carrier That Trained Fifteen Thousand Naval Aviators, and the Warbirds Still Coming Up from the Floor of Lake Michigan episode artwork
Last Monday at 4:50 PM

The USS Wolverine, the Paddle-Wheel Carrier That Trained Fifteen Thousand Naval Aviators, and the Warbirds Still Coming Up from the Floor of Lake Michigan. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The Vought F4U Corsair, the Gull Wing the Navy Rejected, and the Marine Corps That Flew It Anyway
The Vought F4U Corsair, the Gull Wing the Navy Rejected, and the Marine Corps That Flew It Anyway episode artwork
Last Monday at 2:10 PM

The Vought F4U Corsair, the Gull Wing the Navy Rejected, and the Marine Corps That Flew It Anyway. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The Douglas DC-Three, the Midnight Phone Call That Built Commercial Aviation, and the Airplane That Refused to Stop Flying
The Douglas DC-Three, the Midnight Phone Call That Built Commercial Aviation, and the Airplane That Refused to Stop Flying episode artwork
Last Sunday at 9:20 PM

The Douglas DC-Three, the Midnight Phone Call That Built Commercial Aviation, and the Airplane That Refused to Stop Flying. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Harold Gillam, the Lockheed Electra Lost in the Ketchikan Mountains, and the Alaska Bush Pilot Who Flew Weather Nobody Else Would Touch
Harold Gillam, the Lockheed Electra Lost in the Ketchikan Mountains, and the Alaska Bush Pilot Who Flew Weather Nobody Else Would Touch episode artwork
Last Sunday at 8:40 PM

Harold Gillam, the Lockheed Electra Lost in the Ketchikan Mountains, and the Alaska Bush Pilot Who Flew Weather Nobody Else Would Touch. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Black Thursday, the Second Schweinfurt Raid, and the Day the Self-Defending Bomber Theory Died
Black Thursday, the Second Schweinfurt Raid, and the Day the Self-Defending Bomber Theory Died episode artwork
Last Sunday at 8:00 PM

Black Thursday, the Second Schweinfurt Raid, and the Day the Self-Defending Bomber Theory Died. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, the Voyager, and the Nine Days That Closed the Last Chapter of Aviation's Age of Records
Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, the Voyager, and the Nine Days That Closed the Last Chapter of Aviation's Age of Records episode artwork
Last Sunday at 7:20 PM

Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, the Voyager, and the Nine Days That Closed the Last Chapter of Aviation's Age of Records. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The Travel Air Mystery Ship, the Nineteen Twenty-Nine National Air Races, and the Wichita Monoplane That Outran the Army
The Travel Air Mystery Ship, the Nineteen Twenty-Nine National Air Races, and the Wichita Monoplane That Outran the Army episode artwork
Last Sunday at 6:40 PM

The Travel Air Mystery Ship, the Nineteen Twenty-Nine National Air Races, and the Wichita Monoplane That Outran the Army. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The Memphis Belle, the First Heavy Bomber Crew to Complete a European Tour, and the Long Road Home to the National Museum of the United States Air Force
The Memphis Belle, the First Heavy Bomber Crew to Complete a European Tour, and the Long Road Home to the National Museum of the United States Air Force episode artwork
Last Sunday at 6:00 PM

The Memphis Belle, the First Heavy Bomber Crew to Complete a European Tour, and the Long Road Home to the National Museum of the United States Air Force. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Jimmie Angel, the Gold Mine He Could Never Find Again, and the Waterfall That Carries His Name Forever
Jimmie Angel, the Gold Mine He Could Never Find Again, and the Waterfall That Carries His Name Forever episode artwork
Last Sunday at 5:30 PM

Jimmie Angel, the Gold Mine He Could Never Find Again, and the Waterfall That Carries His Name Forever. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Glacier Girl, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning Buried Under Two Hundred and Sixty-Eight Feet of Greenland Ice, and the Ten-Year Restoration That Brought Her Home
Glacier Girl, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning Buried Under Two Hundred and Sixty-Eight Feet of Greenland Ice, and the Ten-Year Restoration That Brought Her Home episode artwork
Last Sunday at 4:50 PM

Glacier Girl, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning Buried Under Two Hundred and Sixty-Eight Feet of Greenland Ice, and the Ten-Year Restoration That Brought Her Home. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Pancho Barnes, the Happy Bottom Riding Club, and the Woman Who Ruled the High Desert Before the Test Pilots Ever Arrived
Pancho Barnes, the Happy Bottom Riding Club, and the Woman Who Ruled the High Desert Before the Test Pilots Ever Arrived episode artwork
Last Sunday at 4:10 PM

Pancho Barnes, the Happy Bottom Riding Club, and the Woman Who Ruled the High Desert Before the Test Pilots Ever Arrived. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


The de Havilland Mosquito, the Wooden Wonder That Outran the Luftwaffe, and the February Morning They Broke Open Amiens Prison
The de Havilland Mosquito, the Wooden Wonder That Outran the Luftwaffe, and the February Morning They Broke Open Amiens Prison episode artwork
Last Saturday at 9:20 PM

The de Havilland Mosquito, the Wooden Wonder That Outran the Luftwaffe, and the February Morning They Broke Open Amiens Prison. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Don Sheldon, the Ruth Glacier Amphitheater, and the Talkeetna Pilot Who Made the Flanks of Denali His Personal Airport
Don Sheldon, the Ruth Glacier Amphitheater, and the Talkeetna Pilot Who Made the Flanks of Denali His Personal Airport episode artwork
Last Saturday at 8:40 PM

Don Sheldon, the Ruth Glacier Amphitheater, and the Talkeetna Pilot Who Made the Flanks of Denali His Personal Airport. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Operation Vengeance, the P-38 Lightning Intercept That Killed Admiral Yamamoto, and the Codebreak That Had to Stay Secret for Thirty Years
Operation Vengeance, the P-38 Lightning Intercept That Killed Admiral Yamamoto, and the Codebreak That Had to Stay Secret for Thirty Years episode artwork
Last Saturday at 8:00 PM

Operation Vengeance, the P-38 Lightning Intercept That Killed Admiral Yamamoto, and the Codebreak That Had to Stay Secret for Thirty Years. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Cal Rodgers, the Vin Fiz, and the Eighty-Four Days It Took to Cross a Continent Nobody Believed He Could Cross
Cal Rodgers, the Vin Fiz, and the Eighty-Four Days It Took to Cross a Continent Nobody Believed He Could Cross episode artwork
Last Saturday at 7:20 PM

Cal Rodgers, the Vin Fiz, and the Eighty-Four Days It Took to Cross a Continent Nobody Believed He Could Cross. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.


Roscoe Turner, Gilmore the Flying Lion, and the Three Thompson Trophies Nobody Expected the Showman to Win
Roscoe Turner, Gilmore the Flying Lion, and the Three Thompson Trophies Nobody Expected the Showman to Win episode artwork
Last Saturday at 6:40 PM

Roscoe Turner, Gilmore the Flying Lion, and the Three Thompson Trophies Nobody Expected the Showman to Win. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.