Eighty-one years ago today, on November 9, 1944, the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter took its first flight. Derived from the B-29 ...

Seventy-five years ago today, USAF Lt. Russell J. Brown scored America's first aerial victory over a Soviet MiG-15 near the ...

With a moniker like the Air Capital, it’s no surprise Wichita has had its share of aviation pioneers. But here's one you might not know. With a moniker like the Air Capital, it’s no surprise Wichita ...

She was a groundbreaking aviator who learned to fly after hearing tall tales from a pilot who’d crash-landed on her grandfather’s golf course in Warren Township, New Jersey. Later, she was one of the ...

Two early aviation pioneers from Central Louisiana are now honored at Alexandria International Airport. Charles Frederick Page of Pineville invented and patented an airship in the early 1900s. Paul ...

A special honor for an aviation pioneer from Kentucky. On this National Aviation Day, we want to share a special honor recently given to an aviation pioneer from Kentucky. Captain Bee Osborne was ...

Brave aviation pioneers pushed the boundaries of flight in Wyoming skies. The brave pilots who flew mail for the US airmail service in the 1920s were responsible for many major innovations in aviation ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A banquet program, souvenir record, and photograph all from the early 1980s document commemorative activities of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers, a ...

These days we take flying for granted. We walk aboard commercial airplanes, and although we don't understand how they work, we're confident that, thanks to the extremely sophisticated technology ...

A Chicago-area aviation pioneer was laid to rest Thursday in Oak Forest, with family, friends and students of Dr. Tammera Holmes celebrating her life and legacy. “I want to thank you all for sharing ...

Richard Schilberg was an aviation pioneer whose early efforts in Stuttgart made him Arkansas' first acknowledged aircraft manufacturer. Schilberg was born on Sept. 28, 1887, at Canada, Kan., the son ...

Not many people know that two of aviation’s earliest pioneers came from right here in Central Louisiana. Charles Frederick Page of Pineville invented the airship in the early 1900s and Paul Leo Ortego ...