The stories behind the skill.

"16 bombers. One carrier. A nation’s morale."

"Its evasive maneuver was: accelerate."

"No engines. No runway. No fatalities."

"Every pilot talks to George. Most don’t know why."

"She flew solo across an ocean. Then vanished into another."

"Designed in 102 days. Perfected by a British engine."

"The first stealth aircraft was designed with slide rules and hope."

"Mach 2.04 at 60,000 feet. Three and a half hours to New York."

"80 kills. One color. Immortal."

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

"One plane. One bomb. One city. The world changed at 8:15 AM."

"More pilots have learned to fly in this airplane than any other in history."

"$1,000 new. A million dreams launched."

"Pressurized. Remote-controlled guns. A 3,700-mile range. Nothing like it had ever flown."

"He built the first successful helicopter in America. Then he made it useful."

"Before GPS, pilots used stars, then radio beams, then guesswork. Now they use satellites."

"The largest wooden airplane ever built. It flew once. For a mile."

"The most beautiful airliner ever built. And the noisiest cockpit."

"33 hours. No radio. No sleep. One sandwich."

"The most complex flying machine ever built. Two crews never came home."

"The Wright Flyer was fabric and wood. The B-2 is carbon fiber and stealth. The principle is the same: build light, build strong."

"Before 1956, 'B' and 'D' sounded the same on a static-filled radio. That was a problem."

"If you ever have to say it three times, you've already had the worst day of your flying career."

"26 kills. One legend."