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A small flying boat model at the museum.
Foynes, Ireland

Foynes Flying Boat Museum

The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.
aviation

The Brief, Wondrous, High-Flying Era of Zeppelin Dining

The Hindenburg’s fattened ducklings and caviar were essentially German propaganda.
Natasha Frost October 18, 2017
A DA40, drawn by a DA40.
art

Some Pilots Are Using Their Flight Paths to Draw in the Sky

It has to be some of the largest artwork ever created.
Kelsey Kennedy October 4, 2017
The Perlan 2 glider in El Calafate, Argentina.
world record

The Ceiling for Unpowered Flight Just Went Up 2,000 Feet

The Perlan 2 glider team is aiming much, much higher, and doing science on the way.
Kelsey Kennedy September 7, 2017
Phil Kroll stands beside air cannon #9.
Arlington, Virginia

Reagan National Airport Bird Cannon

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.
Aeroshell Aerobatic Team performing at EAA AirVenture 2007
Oshkosh, Wisconsin

EAA's AirVenture Oshkosh

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.
STS-1, the Space Shuttle <em>Columbia</em>, launching on April 12, 1981, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
nasa

NASA Just Released Hundreds of Historic Space and Aviation Videos

Watch the first space shuttle take off and an experimental aircraft set a speed record.
Kelsey Kennedy July 20, 2017
Another one of the windows
Manchester Township, New Jersey

Cathedral of the Air

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.
Anchorage, Alaska

Neighborhood Airplane Hangars

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.
The cockpit of a B-25 bomber off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
aviation

Two WWII Bombers Have Officially Been Found Off the Coast of Papua New Guinea

The B-25 is an icon of the war years.
Kelsey Kennedy May 24, 2017
Landing site of the transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown, and adjacent memorial cairn.
Galway, Ireland

Landing Site of the First Transatlantic Flight

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.
aviation

This 'Flightlapse' Offers a Stunning View of the Milky Way

A rare view of the night sky from inside the cockpit of a 777.
Kelsey Kennedy April 26, 2017
Lift off
Washington, D.C.

White House Helipad

Disks are rolled out onto the south lawn to absorb the impact of Marine One's wheels like giant coffee coasters.
Lt. Kirk Booth of the U.S. Signal Corps being lifted skyward by a man-carrying kite.
aviation

How a Wild West Showman Brought Man-Lifting Kites to the British Army

In the early 20th century, military daredevils soared high.
Andy Wright March 29, 2017
Aircraft on display.
College Park, Maryland

College Park Airport and Aviation Museum

The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.
Bessie Coleman and her biplane in 1922.
aviation

Meet Bessie Coleman, the First Black Woman to Get a Pilot's License

The fearless aviator was determined to fly.
Natalie Zarrelli March 1, 2017
A helmet from the 1961 Mercury spacesuit. The space helmet wouldn't be the same had it not been for Alice King Chatham's contributions.
nasa

The Female Space Sculptor Who Designed the Earliest Space and Aviation Helmets

Alice King Chatham's name is attached to some of the world's most pivotal aviation and space experiments.
Lauren Young January 18, 2017
aviation

Watch Planes Try to Land in the World's Windiest City

Flying into Wellington? Make sure that seatbelt is tightly fastened.
Ella Morton January 12, 2017