The soul of aviation probably has no greater Mecca than the dunes of Kill Devil Hills, on the…
When I was a kid I was always looking to the skies. One of my earliest memories is…
Success! After years of experimentation, building on the work of countless others yet furthering the science of aeronautics…
We all know the story of how two bicycle-shop brothers from Ohio built and flew the first successful…
We all know the story of the two bicycle-shop brothers from Ohio who built and flew the first…
This Centennial of Flight finds me grateful to the Wrights for their ability to attack dangerous trial-and-error with…
Sunday March 30, Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago sent a task force to Meigs field -- the…
Get set for another "one year since 9/11" retrospective … but this time, from the point of view…
Back in aviation's formative years, spins were widely accepted as being non-habit forming -- once caught in a…
Fewer than ten percent of licensed pilots are women and this week we look at one of the…
While many credit Igor Sikorsky for paving the way to the successful helicopter, Sikorsky's products and progeny are…
On December 22, 1930 a new aircraft lifted into the skies and immediately overshadowed the work being done…
If you believe that America is the greatest country in the world, it’s a fine season to recall…
Thomas Selfridge, a Lieutenant in the United States Army, found himself in Canada on December 6, 1907 --…
Built in secret -- and without a government contract -- the de Havilland DH 98 Mosquito prototype made…
In Spain, on November 15, 1922, Juan de la Cierva was granted a patent that led to the…
On November 11, 1956 three men took the flightdeck of the Convair B-58 Hustler for the first flight…
On November 1, 1955 a United Air Lines Douglas DC-6B exploded under un-natural circumstances that would later define…
The flight made on October 24, 1968, was number 199, and the last for the incredible North American…
A powered, heavier-than-air craft succeeded in taking off from the ground on October 9, 1890 -- thirteen years…
October 17, 1922 a converted coal supply ship accepted a landing from a Navy biplane and carrier aviation…
Late in the evening of October 4, 1957, a slightly modified ICBM left a launch pad in Russia.
September 24, on this morning in 1929, Jimmy Doolittle saw an opportunity in the gray scene in front…
Although a more infamous airship was to follow, perhaps the most famous airship was the Graf Zeppelin, which…
'The Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin.' So…
When the sun set on this airfield in Marienehe, Germany, on August 27, 1939 turbojet power had propelled…
On Aug 16, 1960, a redheaded Air Force test pilot by the name of Joseph Kittinger took a…
On August 1, 1946, Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) was born.
Space-shots from Florida's Cape Canaveral began 50 years ago on July 23rd with the flight of Bumper 8.
Among the first airframes to choose from as the jet airliner started to become an accepted mode of…
In early July 1925, new purpose-built airplanes were required to replace the modified military de Havilland DH-4 aircraft,…
On Saturday, June 4th 1927, a mere two weeks after Charles A. Lindbergh had changed the world, a…
On May 8, 1919 Three Navy--Curtiss flying boats set out to fly the same ocean. Just one made…