Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets, Jr.
Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets, Jr, Pilot of the “Enola Gay” B-29, Headed Up B-47 Program at Boeing-Wichita! […]
Month: July 2008
“Lost Patrol”
At 1410 on 5 December 1945, five TBM Avengers comprising Flight 19 rose into the sunny sky above NAS Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Turning east the formation headed out over the Atlantic on the first leg of a routine exercise from which neither the 14 men of Flight 19 nor the 13-man crew of a PBM Mariner sent out to search for them were ever to return. […]
First Flights of Some Very Famous Birds
Of all the industries that have propelled America into the leadership of the world economy, few can match aviation for the incredible changes it has made in how we think and act and live. […]
Aviation History Facts: July
Aviation history facts that happened in July. […]
Air Capital Aviation Report: July 13, 2008
Boeing and Farnborough news. […]
Farnborough Airshow
The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace business which is held biennially in England. […]
HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF DAEDALIANS
When war broke out in Europe in 1914, the airplane was hardly more than a dangerous plaything employed at fairs and circuses. Its potential was regarded lightly, when not contemptuously dismissed. […]
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF AVIATION
The profound effects of the efforts of Orville and Wilbur Wright are so closely bound up with our lives that it is almost impossible to understand them. […]
AOPA Pilot Photo Tips
By reading this, I assume you have an interest in photography, and in particular, aircraft or aerial photography. I do appreciate that interest. […]