Generation Gap
A review of the first five generations of fighter aircraft around the world. […]
Articles by Carl Chance
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. […]
MAJOR GENERAL JOE HENRY ENGLE
Maj. Gen. Joe Henry Engle (U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard) was born in Dickinson County, Kan., on Aug. 26, 1932. After attending grade school in Chapman, Kan., and graduating from Dickinson County High School, he went to the University of Kansas, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1955. […]
Air Force History Overview
Early Years On Aug. 1, 1907, the U.S. Army Signal Corps established a small Aeronautical Division to take “charge of all matters pertaining to military ballooning, air machines and all kindred subjects. […]
Lockheed L-10 Electra
The Lockheed L-10 Electra was a twin-engine, all-metal monoplane airliner developed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in the 1930s to compete with the Boeing 247 and Douglas DC-2 […]
Jean Gardner Batten
Jean Gardner Batten, a strikingly beautiful New Zealand woman, became one of the world’s most popular and famous pilots when she established several individual flight distance records in the 1930s. […]
Joseph C. McConnell
Joseph Christopher McConnell, Jr. (30 January 1922 – 25 August 1954) was the top American ace during the Korean War. A native of Dover, New Hampshire, Captain McConnell shot down 16 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15s while flying F-86 Sabres with the U.S. Air Force. […]
Aviation History Facts: April
A list of aviation facts from the month of April […]
Women’s History Month
Starting in 1987 the Women’s History Month Project petitioned Congress to recognize the entire month of March as Women’s History Month. […]