Rare Photos of “Early Bird” Aviators by Alfred Husmann
This post was originally published on this siteThrough his friendship with Alfred Solbrig, son of pioneer aviator Oscar A. Solbrig, Alfred Husmann of Davenport, Iowa […]
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Breakfast in Bed: 24 Extraordinary Color Photographs Revealed the First Class of France Airline in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteAir France, in full Compagnie Nationale Air France, French international airline originally formed in 1933 and today serving […]
Amazing Photos of Skydiving in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteIn World War II, thousands of combatants across the globe experienced exiting an aircraft and parachuting to the […]
Photos of Saunders-Roe Princess Flying Boat, the Largest All-Metal Flying Boat to Have Ever Been Constructed
This post was originally published on this siteLaunched from the Saunders-Roe facility at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, the first Princess Flying Boat, G-ALUN, […]
Airship R33 in amazing pictures, 1919-1925
This post was originally published on this siteThe airship R33 was built by Armstrong Whitworth and was completed after the end of the First World […]
Amazing Vintage Photos Capture People Posing in Front of Airplanes
This post was originally published on this siteThe Wright brothers invented and flew the first airplane in 1903, recognized as “the first sustained and controlled […]
Welcome to Chicago
This post was originally published on this siteAirline passengers landing in Los Angeles on April 1, 1992 were greeted by an 85-foot-long yellow banner on […]
Lady Grace Drummond-Hay, the First Woman to Travel Around the World by Air in a Zeppelin
This post was originally published on this siteLady Grace Drummond-Hay, an English journalist, was the only woman among sixty passengers and crew on the Graf […]
Failed Attempt to Build an Early Helicopter, 1915
This post was originally published on this siteMan sitting in early helicopter invention, ‘Sky Car’, in January 1915. Umbrella style wing makes the Sky Car […]
Beautiful Flight Attendant Uniforms Around the World From the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteWe’ve come a long way since the early days of flying, from the rough-ride commercial airliners in the […]
November 24 1971: D.B. Cooper Hijacked a Flight for a $200K Ransom, Then Disappeared After Parachuting From the Plane
This post was originally published on this siteOn November 24, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper (at the time proof of identity was not […]
The First Air-to-Air Refueling, Long Beach, California, November 12, 1921
This post was originally published on this siteAerial refueling allows aircraft engines to receive fuel while in flight and today is common for many large […]
Douglas A-1 Skyraider Once Carried a Toilet as an Aerial Bomb During the Vietnam War
This post was originally published on this siteOctober 1965, CDR Clarence W. Stoddard, Jr., Executive Officer of VA-25 “Fist of the Fleet”, flying an A-1H […]
Rare pictures of the first flight expedition over Everest, 1933
This post was originally published on this siteOriginally the idea for a flight expedition over Mount Everest was proposed in 1918 by a British mountaineering […]
Autogyro: The story of early plane-helicopter hybrids, 1925-1940
This post was originally published on this siteA Spanish engineer and aeronautical pioneer, Juan de la Cierva, developed the original “autogiro”. Its name was derived […]
October 18, 1963: Félicette, a Black and White Female Parisian Stray Cat, Became the First Cat Launched Into Space
This post was originally published on this siteFrance’s first astro-critter came late to the space game. Her name was Felicette and she was launched on […]
Here’s the Only Known Photo of the Antonov A-40, a Crazy Soviet Flying Tank in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteWhat if a tank could fly onto a battlefield with a crew inside? This was a question that […]
The military observation balloons of World War I, 1914-1918
This post was originally published on this siteObservation was an incredibly important role for aerial warfare in World War I. All major combatants used observation […]
This Is What In-Flight Service Was Like in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteSit back with a brandy and a cigarette, this video shows the service Lufthansa passengers enjoyed back in […]
The Glory Days of Air India: 18 Vintage Photos of Indian Air Hostesses From the 1970s and 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteSome people called them “glorified ayahs,” while they were patronizingly referred to in Hindi as hawayi sundaris. Yet, […]
Historical Photos of Convair Model 118 ConvAirCar, a Prototype Flying Car of Which Only 2 Were Built in 1947
This post was originally published on this siteIf you think the other flying cars all look a little too much like airplanes, join the club. […]
R-100 airship: Inside a “flying hotel”, 1929-1930
This post was originally published on this siteThe R100 airship was built as part of a British government programme to develop airships to provide passenger […]
May 24, 1991: During Operation Solomon, the World Record for the Most Passengers on a Commercial Airplane is 1,122
This post was originally published on this siteOperation Solomon was a covert Israeli military operation to airlift Ethiopian Jews to Israel from May 24 to […]
Test pilot George Aird ejected from his Lightning F1 aircraft, 1962
This post was originally published on this siteThis is the story behind the famous picture of the test pilot George Aird ejected from his Lightning […]
Amelia Earhart Completed the First Transatlantic Solo Flight by a Woman on May 21, 1932
This post was originally published on this siteAmelia Earhart, the pioneering female pilot, achieved enduring fame with the many aviation records she set during the […]