On October 14, 1938, the Curtiss P-40 made its first flight. Known as the Warhawk, Tomahawk, and Kittyhawk, this iconic ...
On October 13, 1950, the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation made its first flight. The upgraded airliner, developed to ...
On 1947, U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager climbed into the experimental Bell X-1 rocket-propelled aircraft for a test ...
The era of supersonic flights was ushered in after US Air Force pilot Captain Charles ‘Chuck’ Yeager flew above the sound ...
Flailing in the dark: aeronautics before the 19th century -- Starts and stops: aeronautical progress in the 19th century -- The real beginning: the Wright Flyer -- Seat-of- the-pants design: the era ...
1975: The San Diego amphibious assault ship USS Okinawa helps evacuate refugees from the U.S. Embassy during the fall of ...