When World War II ended in August 1945, the U.S. government canceled its orders for bomber aircraft. Boeing plants that had been producing the B-17 and B-29 bombers in large numbers shut down and soon, 30,000 Boeing employees were out of work. […]
Duke, Double, Shotgun, and Dirty – names never given to the daughters of America – are the call signs of four F-16 pilots who just happen to be women. […]
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a joint organization of the United States and Canada which provides aerospace warning and control for North America. […]
General aviation airplanes have historically served the public’s needs for personal and business travel, as well as for sport and recreational aviation. […]
Business jet, private jet or, in slang, bizjet is a term describing a jet aircraft, usually of modest size, designed for transporting small groups of business people for commercial reasons at a time convenient to their business needs. […]
The Gulf War was an anomaly compared to other wars of the second half of the 20th century. […]
In 1930, Boeing created the revolutionary Monomail, which made traditional biplane construction a design of the past. […]
The second decade of the twentieth century marked the beginning of the U.S. aircraft industry. Growth was slow though and companies remained small until the United States started supporting the needs generated by World War I. […]
Kansas Inc. requested a forecast of the state’s aerospace industry to be produced by the Center for Economic Development and Business Research. […]
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. […]
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