Aviation History

Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson, Aircraft Designer Extraordinaire

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...

Sabrina Patricia Jackintell (FAI) sitting her Grob G102 Astir CS glider

Sabrina Patricia Jackintell, World Record Holding Aviatrix

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways…Chardonnay in one hand…chocolate in the oth...

A photograph of Jackie Cochran in 1932 at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, NY from a glass negative

Jacqueline Cochran, Aviatrix Extraordinaire!

Bessie Mae Pittman a/k/a Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran, hairdresser extraordinaire in Saks Fifth Avenue Stores. Meet one of the most interesting female pilots with a career lasting over four decades ...

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in the Second World War

Riding A Spitfire

The Spitfire is the most famous and beloved aircraft of World War II. Its unique design and superior agility in dog fighting gave the British Royal Air Force a decisive advantage over the German Lu...

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

Amy, Wonderful Amy

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, ...

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...