‘Greatest Generation’ volunteers painstakingly restore B-29
Today, members of this generation are again answering a call, this time to restore a piece of the history they lived, as volunteers restoring the last B-29 bomber. […]
Articles by Carl Chance
The Embry-Riddle Story
On December 17, 1925, exactly 22 years after the historic flight of the Wright Flyer, barnstormer John Paul Riddle and entrepreneur T. Higbee Embry founded the Embry-Riddle Company at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio. […]
The International Space Station and Its Predecessors
The concept of an international space station can be traced back to the mid-1800s when U.S. clergyman Edward Everett Hale wrote of a polar-orbiting satellite, built from 12 million bricks. […]
U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
The Thunderbirds are the Air Demonstration Squadron of the United States Air Force. As such, they tour the United States and much of the world, performing aerobatic formation and solo flying in specially-marked USAF jet aircraft. […]
Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Dreams of spaceflight and its conquest are as old as humankind itself. These dreams were transformed into reality on April 12, 1961, when 27-year-old Flight Major Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin of the Soviet Union became the first human to venture into space. […]
Harry Hillaker – Father of the F-16
The F-16 introduced many successful technologies. Fly-by-wire and relaxed static stability gave the F-16 a quantum leap in air combat capability over other fighters when it was introduced and this technology still makes the aircraft an unmatched competitor today. […]
Air Shows – An International Phenomenon
Imagine stunt pilots and air racers whizzing through the sky at breakneck speeds for your entertainment. […]
Aerobatic Flight
All eyes on the ground are fixated on the vintage World War II Stearman as it plummets from the
sky, spiraling downward toward certain disaster. […]
Air Capital Aviation Report, August 13, 2006
McConnell AFB war effort, Mid-Continent Airport Security, a “Doc” update and two Cessna articles are on this week’s report. […]
Airport security
Today, aviation security is high on the list of priorities of air travelers, the Federal Government, and the international air community. In the earliest days of aviation, however, aviation security was only a minor concern. […]