Aviation History
July 7, 2026
Private Aviation Isn’t About Luxury. It’s About Creating Time.
When most people think about private aviation, they picture luxury. They think about the cabin, the service, and the exclusivity....
May 15, 2026
First Airline Stewardess
Church was a licensed pilot, so she originally applied to Boeing Air Transport hoping to become a pilot, but women...
May 15, 2026
Amelia Earhart’s Non-Stop Flight from Mexico City to Newark in New Jersey in 14 hours and 19 min
The aircraft was the same model Earhart had used for several of her record-setting flights. The Lockheed Vega was a...
April 17, 2026
Captain Tammie Jo Shults Performed a Safe Emergency Landing At Philadelphia International Airport
The damage to the Boeing 737 caused rapid, violent depressurization. Passengers described a chaotic scene but Captain Shults’ “nerves of...
April 10, 2026
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...
April 3, 2026
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...
March 27, 2026
Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) Phase 1
RVSM is an aviation standard that reduces the required vertical separation between aircraft from 2,000 feet to 1,000 feet between...
March 20, 2026
Amelia Earhart’s Second Leg of Her Around-the-World Flight
On March 20, 1937, at 5:30 a.m. Earhart restarted the engines. At 5:40 a.m., she began to taxi to the...
March 13, 2026
First Pilot to Fly a Million Miles in a Jet Airplane
In 1959, Garlow was flying a jet-prop Vickers Viscount, which Capital Airlines first put into service on July 26, 1955. ...
February 27, 2026