Fotos para la historia.-

Photo By USAF.

"In the development of air power one has to look ahead and not backwards and figure out what is going to happen, not too much what has happened," said Billy Mitchell, well-regarded as the founder of the U.S. Air Force. Mitchell is pictured here with a Vought VE-7 Bluebird.

We don't see many of his kind anymore. Up until WWII proved him right, he was persecuted by his own government, especially by the Navy chiefs. Even his own branch of the service court martialed him. I don't recall ever seeing or hearing of any apology.