The Holy Grail of Aviation: “What Happened to Amelia Earhart?”
A book review by Carl Chance of Carol Linn Dow’s “The Lost Flight of Amelia Earhart.” […]
Articles by Carl Chance
Aviation History Facts: May
Aviation history facts and events from the month of May […]
Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Vega
Curator Dorothy Cochrane and aircraft restorer Karl Heinzel discuss the social and technological changes brought about by Amelia Earhart’s career as they give a tour of Earhart’s Lockeed Vega at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. […]
“Flight” is a Special Feature from the film “One Six Right”
An exhilarating documentary film that celebrates the unsung hero of aviation — the local airport […]
B-1B Bomber Flight Operations, McConnell AFB KS
The magnificent B-1B Lancer in operation at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas, April 1989. […]
The Lost Flight of Amelia Earhart
A Novel Based on Historical Evidence […]
Different Kinds & Types of Aircraft
From ultralights to helicopters to private planes to corporate jets, there’s a different kind of aircraft for every type of flying, as well every size budget. […]
Generation Gap
A review of the first five generations of fighter aircraft around the world. […]
Hypersonic Thunder: A Novel of the Jet Age!
Walter Boyne, one of the first major content contributors to Wings Over Kansas has completed his latest book, “Hypersonic Thunder,” which concludes the trilogy of novels on the history of jet aviation. […]
Jet Engines
Before World War II, in 1939, jet engines existed only as laboratory items for test. But at the end of the war, in 1945, it was clear that the future of aviation lay with jets. The new engines gave great power and thrust, but were compact in size. They also were simple in their overall layout. […]