On this day, September 27, 1993, America said goodbye to General James “Jimmy” Doolittle—a true aviation pioneer and World War II hero. Long before the war, Doolittle was rewriting the rules of flight. He became the first pilot to fly solo across the U.S. in under 24 hours—and made history again with the world’s first “blind” flight, navigating entirely by instruments without seeing outside the cockpit. But his greatest legacy came in 1942. Just months after Pearl Harbor, Doolittle led 16 B-25 b

Wings Of A Warrior: Jimmy Doolittle Story