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Aviation

A signed photograph of Harriet Quimby and Matilde Moisant.

The Daredevil Gal Pals Who Conquered the Sky

Harriet Quimby and Matilde Moisant were best friends and the first women licensed as pilots in the United States.

Hadley Meares October 12, 2015

Emilio Carranza Memorial

Tabernacle, New Jersey

Emilio Carranza Memorial

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

Aircrafts Museum, housed within a disused plane

Dhangadhi, Nepal

Aircrafts Museum

Nepal's first aviation museum found a logical home in the most unexpected place.

military history

Flight of the Night Witches: WWII's All-Female Fighting Force

Eric Grundhauser June 18, 2015

FOUND: Footage of Amelia Earhart, Just Before Her Last Flight

Sarah Laskow June 9, 2015

Forgotten Heritage: Wind Tunnels of the Jet Age

Atlas Obscura June 8, 2015

Mil Mi-6 (NATO reporting name Hook) Soviet heavy transport helicopter

Riga Aviation Museum

A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.

The Early Female Aviator Who Flew Across the Atlantic in Terrible Weather

Ailsa Ross May 13, 2015

The Most Remarkable Globe in The World Is in a Brooklyn Office Building

Luke Spencer March 13, 2015

Alton Bay Seaplane Base

Alton, New Hampshire

Alton Bay Seaplane Base

A stretch of New Hampshire lake water is the only ice runway in the lower 48 states that is FAA-approved.

space exploration

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Hosts a Rare Open House This Saturday

Matthew Blitz January 23, 2015

Tropical Islands Resort

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

Ghosts of Airships: 7 Vestiges of the Great Helium Hope

Allison Meier January 13, 2015

Andrée Balloon Crash: A Photographic Journey through the Most Surreal Arctic Disaster

Allison Meier January 31, 2014

auguste maicon

Villefranche-sur-Mer, France

Birthplace of Auguste Maïcon

Auguste Maïcon, a pioneer in French aviation, was born in this house in 1891.

North Pole, Alaska

Lady of the Lake

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

Pilot Melli Beese

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

99s Museum of Women Pilots

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

Atchison, Kansas

Amelia Earhart Earthworks

The face of the famed flier in a hillside in her hometown.