Pancho Barnes: The Most Unladylike Aviatrix in History
Pancho Barnes Lived Her Life Throttle to the Firewall – and Wouldn’t Have it Any Other Way On July 22, 1901, Florence Leontine Lowe was born …
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Pancho Barnes Lived Her Life Throttle to the Firewall – and Wouldn’t Have it Any Other Way On July 22, 1901, Florence Leontine Lowe was born …
Edwin Albert Link Decided Flight Training Was Too Expensive and Changed Aviation Forever with the Link Trainer Edwin Albert Link was born on July 26, 1904, …
Aerial construction ain’t easy, but the skycrane helps. Need to move a piece of extremely heavy cargo but don’t have a runway for a …
John Knudsen “Jack” Northrop Fought Tooth and Nail for His Company, and the Flying Wing Concept Jack Northrop was born in Newark, New Jersey …
What’s that annoying buzzing sound? That’s a pulse jet. What if a jet engine could have no moving parts? Aviation history enthusiasts will fondly …
Harriet Quimby was the first licensed American female pilot, first female pilot to fly at night, and first female pilot to fly across the …
Once you get into a dogfight, it seems as though there are aircraft everywhere going in different directions. This article marks the fifth story from …
Alberto Santos-Dumont: the “Little Saint” with a Big Impact Ask any random person off the street who flew the first airplane, and odds are they’ll …
We made several passes over the identified area, known as MiG Alley, looking for Major George A. Davis. This article marks the fourth story from …
The Fairey Rotodyne and Other Gyrodynes: The Original Heliplanes During the years after World War II, helicopters and jets began to become a larger …