Aviation History

Amy Johnson was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly from London to Australia in the 1930s

I have always been fascinated by airplanes, and on February 25, 1961, I took my first flight in an Aeronca 7AC (N2778E) in San Angelo, Texas. That flight was the culmination of my dream of flying, ...

The Flying Debutante

A privileged young girl learns to fly while attending college, without her parent's knowledge, and becomes famous for setting several world records for women in the 1930s. Discover the famous Flyin...

A photograph of Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin, the first man in space and continued his military service becoming a Colonel in the Soviet Air Force before his aircraft accident on March 27, 1968.

Yuri Gagarin, The First Man In Space

On April 12th, 1961, a Soviet Vostok-1 rocket launched the first man into Earth orbit, becoming the first man in space. Yuri Gagarin slips the surly bonds of Earth to become the first human in spac...

The United States Air Force Academy

The U.S. Air Force Academy is the youngest of the military academies, and is focused on continuing to improve the quality of officers and leadership in the corps.

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was a German general and later inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships.

Led Zeppelin This Aint'

When most of us think of the first powered flight, the first thing that comes to mind is the Wright Brothers. They claimed to have been the first to fly a powered aircraft on December 17, 1903. How...

A collection of diamonds of all sizes, shapes and qualities

Uncover The Mystery Of Missing Diamonds 💎

A DC-3 is attacked by Japanese Zeros and crashes on the North coast of Australia. Unbeknownst to the passengers and crew, the DC-3 is carrying cut diamonds bound for the Commonwealth Bank in Austra...

Photo of Space Shuttle Columbia launch on January 16, 2003

STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

On January 16, 2003, seven astronauts climbed aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia and launched into space for a seventeen-day mission. Those brave astronauts are pictured and identified below: Front ...

Chuck Yeager sitting in the Bell X-1 rocket plane he became the first man to break the speed of sign

Be Careful Who You Mess With

Be Careful Who You Mess With is a story about how the USAF tried to bully an aviatrix by the name of Pancho Barnes into selling her land and business to the Air Force on the cheap. Find out how the...

Buddy Holly was among the most famous rock and roll singers.

The Day The Music Died

On February 3rd, 1959, three musicians chartered an aircraft from Dwyer Flying Service in Mason City, Iowa, to fly them to Fargo, North Dakota. His passengers were Charles Hardin Holly, also known ...

Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie was a contemporary of more famous women fliers like Amelia Earhart and Pancho Barnes

Walking on Air: The Aerial Adventures of Phoebe Omlie

Walking on Air: The Aerial Adventures of Phoebe Omlie is the story of a young woman who loved flying and survived barnstorming during the 1920s. Her classic act included hanging below the aircraft ...

Jesse L. Brown was the first African American to complete U.S. Navy flight training and the first African American naval aviator in combat and to be killed in combat

Jesse Leroy Brown

One of the great things about the United States, despite its difficult past, is that anyone, with determination and self-discipline, can overcome almost any obstacle. This was most certainly true...

An example of an early 1904 pilot license issued by the Aero-Club de France for ballonists

The History Of Pilot Licensing

Flying Becomes A Thing It's September 19, 1783, in Versailles, France, when the Montgolfier brothers, Joseph and Etienne, loaded the wicker basket attached to a cotton canvas balloon named Le Revei...