Olive Ann Beech
Universally recognized as the First Lady of Aviation, Olive Ann Beech, has the distinguished honor to be named the first Kansan inducted into the Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame. […]
Year: 2008
Aviation History Facts: October
A listing of important aviation facts, events and happenings from October. […]
Sputnik and the Crisis That Followed
Sputnik (translated as “satellite” or “traveling companion of the Earth”), trailing four metal antennas, passed through the skies over the launch site confirming that a human-made moon was now orbiting the Earth. The “Space Age” had begun. […]
Louise Thaden, Former Beech Pilot
Pilot-Performer Bonnie Johnson Operations Manager for Merkel Airplane Company, takes her audience back to 1958, as she reenacts the time when Thaden had just received her first ride in a jet aircraft with her son Bill. […]
Beechcraft Starship
The Beechcraft Starship is a futuristic-looking aircraft designed by Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites and produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation. […]
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen is a 1995 HBO television movie based on the exploits of an actual groundbreaking unit, the first African American combat pilots in the United States Army Air Force, that fought in World War II. […]
Significant Women in Aviation
A list of women who’ve made significant contributions to aviation. […]
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (Boeing IDS), based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, is a unit of The Boeing Company responsible for defense and aerospace products and services. […]
184th Air Refueling Wing
The 184th ARW has a proud history and a wealth of tradition. […]
History of American Women’s Aviation Feats – The Early Years
This article will be the first of four articles to introduce the reader to the women’s aviation feats. […]