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Aviation History
by Terah Shelton on March 30, 2008
This month is aviation history features the discovery of Pluto, the first nonstop hot-air balloon around the world, and the death of Sr. Isaac Newton.
March 1, 1932 - The 20-month-old son of Charles ...
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by Terah Shelton on February 23, 2008
As Black History month comes to a close, I wanted to share with you a timeline of African-American Achievements in Aviation and Aerospace.
1952: Frank E. Petersen, Jr., B.S., M.S.- U.S. Marine Corp&#...
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by Terah Shelton on February 23, 2008
This month in aviation history features the first American to orbit Earth and the first woman to pilot the space shuttle.
February 3, 1959: Rock singers, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and Big Bopper di...
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by Terah Shelton on December 12, 2007
This week in aviation history features the final moon mission and the first passenger jet to land in Vietnam.
December 7, 1972: America's final moon mission, Apollo 17, blasted off from Cape Cana...
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by Terah Shelton on November 27, 2007
This week in aviation history features the first Free flight in a balloon and the only unsolved domestic skyjacking in history.
November 12, 1981: The space shuttle Columbia was launched for the seco...
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by Terah Shelton on October 30, 2007
This week in aviation history features the first person to land a plane at the South Pole and the first animal in space.
October 22, 1797: Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute jump from a ...
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by Terah Shelton on September 27, 2007
This week in outdoor history features the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the first round-the-world flight.
September 14, 1959: The Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made obje...
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by Terah Shelton on September 11, 2007
This week in aviation history features the death of Charles Lindbergh, the anniversary of the September 11th attacks, and the first airplane fatality.
August 25, 2003: NASA launched the infrared Spit...
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by Terah Shelton on August 21, 2007
This week in aviation history features the first trans-Atlantic balloon flight and the death of Charles Lindbergh.
August 17, 1978: The first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight landed outside o...
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by Terah Shelton on August 8, 2007
This week in aviation history features the worst aircraft disaster and the death of Wiley Post.
August 3, 1981: U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike.
August 5, 1969: The U.S. space probe Mari...
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by Terah Shelton on July 24, 2007
The National Aviation Hall of Fame inducted Sally Ride, the first American woman in space - and Steve Fossett - the first person to navigate the planet solo via balloon. Other inductees include Walter...
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by Terah Shelton on July 20, 2007
This week in aviation history features the first solo trip around the world and the first walk on the moon.
July 16, 1969: apollo 11 took off on the first manned flight to the moon.
July 16, 1999: J...
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by Terah Shelton on May 28, 2007
Here are a few significant aviation event that occurred this week.
May 28, 1997: Linda Finch completed amelia earhart's attempted around-the-world flight.
June 2, 2003: The European Space Agency...
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by Terah Shelton on May 21, 2007
This week marks a few significant events in aviation history, including amelia earhart and Charles Lindbergh's historic flights.
May 20, 1927: Charles Lindbergh began the first solo nonstop trans...
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by Beverly Durfee on November 23, 2006
For a glimpse of "yesterday's tomorrow, today," the Modern Mechanix Blog brings us the story of helicopter innovator and teenager Stanley Hiller Jr., who took Leonardo Da Vinci's dra...
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by Beverly Durfee on November 3, 2006
The Chandler Air Service flight school is hosting a tribute to veterans by flying in the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Sentimental Journey" for a public tour, including sightseeing flights.
O...
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by Beverly Durfee on September 20, 2006
The airship USS Macon, a Goodyear-Zeppelin dirigible, was lost in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary after scouting for the Pacific Fleet in February 1935.
Only two men of 83-man crew were ki...
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by on June 16, 2005
The Seattle Museum of Flight is offering a full day of fun activities for dads on father's Day, June 19. If you live in the northwest, this would be an awesome treat for any dad interested in avi...
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, Aviation Travel
by on May 20, 2005
Here's a must have book that's ideal for everyone who has a sense of adventure, a love of travel and a special fondness for airplanes.
Author John Purner covers aviation-related events and ...
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, Aviation History
by on April 5, 2005
I was flying yesterday out of my local airport when what did my wandering eyes behold but a T-6 Texan trainer coming in for a landing.
The photo here is not of the plane I saw, but merely one of th...
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by on March 7, 2005
Don't ask me why, but I've fallen in love with the Ercoupe. Maybe it's because in it's day it was touted as the safest plane in the air, stall-proof in fact. Though I'd have to se...
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by on February 24, 2005
I had the opportunity to vist the Museum of Flight a few weeks ago when I was in Seattle and, let me tell you, it was an experience I'll never forget!
Of the many aircraft that caught my atten...
