Aviation History
![North American Aviation F-51D-25-NA Mustang of the 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group, Republic of South Korea, 1950.](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/F-51D-25-NA_Mustang_of_the_67th_Fighter_Bomber_Squadron_18th_Fighter_Bomber_Group.jpg?v=1722895377&width=604)
Major Louis Joseph Sebille, USAF
Exceptional heroism in war time sometimes results in a Medal of Honor for bravery above and beyond the call of duty. Read this fascinating story of one such brave military pilot in the Korean War.
Read more![President John F. Kennedy presents the 1961 Harmon International Trophy for Aviators to A. Scott Crossfield, Joseph A. Walker, and Major Robert M. White. (L-R)](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/President_John_F._Kennedy_presents_the_1961_Harmon_International_Trophy_for_Aviators.jpg?v=1722814415&width=604)
Robert M. White enjoyed an exceptional career in the USAF, achieving many goals including setting the World Record for altitude in a manned aircraft. He fought in three wars, was an exceptional pil...
Read more![A UH-1 helicopter on a landing pad in Vietnam](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/A_UH-1_helicopter_on_a_landing_pad_in_Vietnam.jpg?v=1722463736&width=396)
On Novmber 9, 1967, a rescue helicopter crew heard a call for help while on their way back to base. Tired, weary, and heading home, the crew decided it was more important to help their fellow soldi...
Read more![Lieutenant Byron Quinby Jones, Aviation Section, Signal Corps, United States Army.](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/Lieutenant_Byron_Quinby_Jones_Aviation_Section_Signal_Corps_United_States_Army..jpg?v=1721923711&width=550)
Byron Q. Jones Aviator and Inventor
Byron Quinby Jones was a major contributer to the begginings of the U.S. Air Force starting back in 1913. Among his many accomplishments were to be the first military pilot to stall an aircraft and...
Read more![The Freeman Field Mutiny 477th Bomb Group members in front of a B-25](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/The_Freeman_Field_Mutiny_477th_Bomb_Group_members_in_front_of_a_B-25.jpg?v=1721408182&width=660)
In 1945 a group of 101 African-American Officers challenged the "Separate But Equal" view of their base commander, resulting in the The Freeman Field Mutiny.
Read more![An F-105F Thud Wild Weasel preparing for Rolling Thunder in Vietnam 1960s](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/F-105F_Thud_Wild_Weasels_and_Rolling_Thunder.jpg?v=1718730793&width=960)
The F-105G Wild Weasels provide highly effective in suppressing SAM and AAA sites in North Vietnam, but not without a cost. The Wild Weasel crews were under constant danger from SAM missles and Fla...
Read more![Lt. Lester J. Maitland, pilot, and Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger, navigator, chosen to successfully cross the Pacific to Hawaii](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/Hegenberger_and_Maitland_pilots_developing_instrument_flying.jpg?v=1715863150&width=2592)
A young aeronautical engineering US Army Air Corps pilot devised an ingenious system to guide aircraft down through inlement weather to a safe landing. His system was called the "Hegenberger System...
Read more![Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson, Aircraft Designer Extraordinaire](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/JOHNSON-Clarence-L.-Kelly.jpg?v=1709217315&width=1838)
Aviation history is replete with incredible men and women who brought to life the amazing world of aviation. Among them was an incredible aeronautical engineeer who designed and built some of the m...
Read more![The B-24D, Liberator, Serial Number 41-11819, named "Raunchy", landing at Benghazi, Libya 1943](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/B-24D_Liberator_41-11819_Raunchy.jpg?v=1713360900&width=960)
The Disappearance of the "Lady Be Good"
On April 4, 1943, a Consolidated B-24D Liberator with a crew of 9 departed an airfield in Libya on a night mission to bomb Naples, Italy. Discover the story of how the aircraft and crew disappeared...
Read more![Operation Baby Lift Lockheed C-5A Galaxy 68-0218 lifts off from Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam, 4 00 p.m., Friday, 4 April 1975.](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/Lockheed_C-5A_Galaxy_68-0218_lifts_off_from_Tan_Son_Nhut_Air_Base_South_Vietnam_4_00_p.m._Friday_4_April_1975..jpg?v=1712774059&width=604)
Operation Baby Lift was a humanitarian effort undertaken by the US government to save South Vietnamese orphans from the North Vietnamese. Like so many other government programs, this one did not en...
Read more![Mt. Everest as seen from the south.](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/Everest_as_seen_from_the_south..jpg?v=1712170176&width=604)
The History Of Mountaineering and Aviation
In 1933 a British Expedition to photograph Mount Everest from an airplane was undertaken to map the mountain to help determine a possible route to the summit. It required exceptional pilots and air...
Read more![The Maker of Pilots: Willa B. Brown](http://aviator-sunglasses.net/cdn/shop/articles/Lt._Willa_Brown.jpg?v=1711029305&width=446)
The Maker of Pilots: Willa B. Brown
Willa B. Brown, Aviatrix and Maker of Pilots Willa Beatrice Brown was born on January 22, 1906, to Eric Brown (an African American father) and Hallie Brown (her Native American mother) in Glasgow, ...
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