Dwane L. Wallace – Aviation Education Pioneer Lesson Plan
Grades 6-8, 9-12 […]
Articles by Carl Chance
Why we are in Iraq
Commentary by Col. Charles J. Westgate III, 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Group commander […]
Carol Linn Dow with portrait of Amelia and George Putnam: On Camera in Atchison
My name is Carol Linn Dow, and I am the screenwriter for “The Lost Flight of Amelia Earhart.” Felix Girard, Executive Producer at Allied Artists Inc., asked me to comment on the reasons why I wrote the script. […]
Experimental Aircraft
Over the years, the style and character of experimental aircraft, and particularly their use, have changed fundamentally, to the great advantage of science and to the loss of romance. […]
John H. Glenn, Jr. – Aviation Education Pioneer Lesson Plan
Grades 6-8, 9-12 […]
United States Marine Corps Aviation
While other nations have Marines who are aviators, only the United States Marine Corps has its own dedicated aviation arm. […]
Boeing F-86 Sabre Jet
The first swept-wing airplane in the U.S. fighter inventory, the F-86 scored consistent victories over Russian-built MiG fighters during the Korean War, accounting for a final ratio of 10-to-1. […]
Air Power and World War II in the Pacific
In 1940, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of Japan’s Imperial Navy informed his government that if Japan went to war, he would “guarantee to put up a tough fight for the first six months, but I have absolutely no confidence as to what might happen if it went on for two or three years.” […]
James H. “Jimmie” Doolittle — Outstanding Man of Aviation
James “Jimmie” Doolittle is today most famous for his audacious B-25 bombing raid on Tokyo in the opening months of America’s entry into World War II, an attack featured in the 2001 movie Pearl Harbor. […]
The Aircraft Carrier
In the second half of the 20th century, the aircraft carrier became a symbol of the United States’ position as a superpower. […]