aviation history

Imaginative design stands squarely at forefront of single-engine, propeller-driven aircraft from the ’50s.

Record-setting ‘Sky’ helped prove airmail viable.

From ship stowaway to pilot, ex-WASP helped veterans gain recognition

D-Day Squadron’s Legacy Tour celebrates vital role of Douglas airplane on 80th anniversary of historic WWII invasion.

Anderson and Greenwood designed a sophisticated travel machine.

Peers considered aviation legend the
‘greatest stick-and-rudder pilot who ever lived.’

The two-seat composite flight trainer prototype was 30 years ahead of its time.

Member of the famous ‘Mercury 13’
finally reached space at age 82.

The amazing little jet required ‘The Right Stuff’ and a lot more.

June 6 marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, in 1944. Code-named Operation Overlord, it was a massive logistical effort involving nearly 156,000 American, British, Canadian, free French, and Polish troops landing on five beaches along the coast of France. The invasion required advances in engineering and logistical planning as well as […]