Aviation
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
Rudolph W. “Shorty” Schroeder Reached World-Record Height of 33,114 Feet
On February 27, 1920,U.S. Major Rudolph W. “Shorty” Schroeder reached a world-record height of 33,114 feet in a LePere airplane...
February 6, 2026
Washington National Airport Renamed
Ronald Reagan was in office from 1981 to 1989. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), which serves 111 nonstop destinations...
January 23, 2026
Gulfstream G280 Set Overwater Record
The G280, which entered service in November 2012, can fly eight passengers 3,600 nm/6,667 km at Mach 0.80. Source...
January 16, 2026
“Operation Power Flite”: The First Nonstop Around-the-World Flight Completed by Three U.S. Air Force B-52 Bombers
The 52Bs launched from Castle AFB, California at 1:00 PM, and landed at March AFB, California. The flights were...
November 14, 2025
First Anniversary of the Gulfstream G280’S Entry into Service
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp first announced the G280 on Oct. 5, 2008, and its first flight took place on Dec. 11,...
November 7, 2025
The First Maiden Flight of the First Prototype of the B4
The company Firma Rheintalwerke G. Basten, from which the “B” in the original designation is derived, manufactured the first two...
October 24, 2025
Airline Deregulation Act of 1978
Post World War II, the then federal Civil Aviation Board (CAB) regulated all interstate flight routes, schedules, and fares. The...
October 17, 2025