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Aviation History

Were We Wrong About The Wright Brothers?

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 05.23.2013 | Science
Read More: Video, History of Science, Science History, Wright Brothers, Aviation History, First Airplane Flight, Wilbur Wright, Aviation, Gustave Whitehead, Gustave Whitehead First Flight, Orville Wright, First Flight, Science News

Did history get the Wright brothers all wrong? As every American schoolchild is taught, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the world's first airplane f...

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Underwater Aircraft Carriers?

John Geoghegan | Posted 05.15.2013 | Technology
Read More: Aviation, Technology, Nuclear Strategy, Nuclear Submarine, World War II, Nuclear Weapons, Aviation History, Technology News
John Geoghegan

There wouldn't seem to be many good reasons for designing a submarine to launch airplanes, but during the past one hundred years at least six countries have experimented with the concept some with surprising success.

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The Airlines We Once Flew

Bob Schulman | Posted 09.10.2012 | Travel
Read More: Mad Men, Mohawk Airlines, St. Louis, Atlanta, Houston, Denver, New York City, Airline History, Travel Blogs, Aviation History, Amc, Travel News
Bob Schulman

In the old days of air travel, if you wanted to fly from regional cities like Utica, Plattsburgh, Watertown, Burlington and Jamestown, you didn't have a choice of carriers. Mohawk was it! Passengers from other small towns elsewhere in the country may recall similar one-airline service at the time.

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Collapse of a World

Helen Davey | Posted 02.15.2012 | Business
Read More: Trauma, Collapse of Pan Am, Terrorism, Collective Trauma, Flight 103, Aviation History, Pan Am, Bankruptcy, Lifestyle, Life Changes, Great Recession, Recession, Business News
Helen Davey

I'm struck by the similarity of the feelings of instability in the world now with how we Pan Am employees felt as our company began to fail.

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Happy Aerospace Holidays: Wright Brothers Day

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 02.05.2012 | College
Read More: Aerospace, Aviation History, Wright Brothers, Airplanes, Aviation, Anniversary, Wright-Brothers-Centennial, Wright Brothers NY, College News
Zoe P. Strassfield

If even one person who reads this comes away aware of the historical significance of December 17th, then I will consider myself successful in writing this.

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Pan Am: A Dream Takes Flight (Part III)

Helen Davey | Posted 09.12.2011 | World
Read More: Sikorsky-38, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Latin American Aviation History, Pan Am Stewardesses, Aviation History, Betty Trippe, Charles Lindbergh, Juan Trippe, Pan Am, Pan Am Pilots, Fokkers, World News
Helen Davey

Hordes of Lindbergh's worshipful fans refused to clear the runway so that the airplane could land. Lindbergh, unsure of how much gas he had left, was climbing to leave the airport area when suddenly both engines went dead.

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Air France Flight 447 Mystery and Aviation History

Christine Negroni | Posted 06.06.2011 | Travel
Read More: Air France, Air France 447, Thales, Airbus, Sacadura Cabral, Aviation History, Gago Coutinhom, Bea, Aviation Safety, Aviation Pioneers, Crossing Lisbon, Airbus a330, Travel News
Christine Negroni

Despite the fact that no one yet knows what happened to Flight 447, the French government recently filed manslaughter charges against Airbus and Air France.

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Wright's 1909 Statue of Liberty flights celebrated

NewYorkology | NewYorkology | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Wright Photos, Wright Statue of Liberty, Wright Brothers Centennial, Wright Brothers NY, Wright NY Flight, Aviation History, Wright Brothers, Wilbur Wright, Wright, New York-New York, Home News

Officials from the Wright Family Foundation and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum were in New York on Wednesday to mark an upcomi...

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