The Epic of Billy Mitchell | Legends of Air Power

Major General William Mitchell—Father of America's—Billy Mitchell—modern Air Force. Billy Mitchell predicted the First World War with Germany, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and that planes would fly at a thousand miles per hour. As a private in Cuba, he taught himself the basics of aeronautics from a book but later learned to fly from Orville Wright. This award-winning series profiles 52 men and women who made America's air power the most respected in the world. It features exclusive interviews with Legends such as Chuck Yeager, Jim Lovell, Buzz Aldrin, and Paul Tibbetts. Spanning the first century of flight, Legends of Airpower effortlessly relates the lives and times of these heroes. #history #flyingaces #ww2stories #historicaldocumentary #worldwar2