Tag: Pilots
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...
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 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