Aviation Pioneers

Alexander Velovich joined the Mikoyan Design Bureau in 1978 after graduating from the Moscow Aviation Institute with a background in mechanical engineering, flight dynamics, and flight testing. […]

Boyd, as a combat pilot in Korea and as a tactics instructor at Nellis AFB in the Nevada desert, observed, analyzed, and assimilated the relative energy states of his aircraft and those of his opponent’s during air combat engagements. […]

Born August 26, 1932, Dickinson County, Kansas, astronaut and member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. […]

Albert Scott Crossfield (October 2, 1921 – April 19, 2006), normally referred to as Scott Crossfield, was an American naval officer, aviator and test pilot. […]

Wichita aviation pioneer Herbert “Herb” Rawdon was posthumously inducted into the Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame […]

Find out more of the man that flew the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer […]

William E. Boeing left Yale University in 1903 to take advantage of opportunities in the risky and cyclical, but financially rewarding, Northwest timber industry. That experience would serve him well in aviation. […]

The Kansas Aviation Museum (KAM) and the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) through the office of Director of Aviation, have honored Kansans for the year 2004 who have contributed significantly to aviation in the state of Kansas. […]

A look at the career of aviation writer, Walter Boyne. […]

The Kansas Aviation Museum and the Kansas Department of Transportation have honored Kansans. […]