The damage to the Boeing 737 caused rapid, violent depressurization. Passengers described a chaotic scene but Captain Shults’ “nerves of steel” allowed her to calmly land the aircraft. At the controls, Captain Shults relied on her fighter pilot training — and her history of defying the odds. Captain Shults is heard calmly telling air traffic […]
Charles Lindbergh Became the Chief Pilot for Robertson Aircraft Corporation
Lindbergh and his team completed survey flights around this date before officially inaugurating the mail service on April 15, 1926. In his chief pilot role, Lindbergh oversaw the preparations and in a de Haviland DH-4 flew the route connecting Lambert Field, in St. Louis, to Maywood Field, in Chicago, with stops in Springfield and Peoria. Lindbergh […]
Flight of the First Commercially Certified Helicopter Bell Model 47 NC1H
The NC1H fell to the ground from a height Demming estimated at 30–50 feet (9–15 meters). Photos from the helicopter suggested that the hub failed and the associated parts were thrown outward, away from the axis of rotation. With nothing to support it in flight, the rest of the helicopter dropped to the ground. As […]