aviation history

'Broken Arrow': When the First U.S. Atomic Bomb Went Missing

Since the demolition crew’s report was top secret, no word emerged about the whereabouts of the missing atomic bomb. Were there clues in the wreckage that the bomb had in fact been released prior to impact?

Cal rodgers’ 1911 coast-to-coast flight in Vin Fiz Flyer biplane

by Ken Lawrence

Calbraith Perry Rodgers performed one of the greatest feats in early aviation history when he completed the first transcontinental trip by air from Sept. 17 to Nov. 5, 1911.

Flight Girls: Remembering World War 2's Women Airforce Service Pilots

by Noelle Salazar 

"I was stunned by anecdotes of bravery, death and outright misogyny. And I was baffled the subjects of these stories had tried to be heard, but still, seventy-seven years later, for the most part were unknown to the greater public."

Celebrating the First Trans-Atlantic Flight. No, It Wasn’t Lindbergh’s.

A Navy seaplane flew from Queens to the Azores in 1919, eight years before the Spirit of St. Louis. It took three weeks. It was not nonstop.

A family photo album illuminates a landmark in aviation history

by Marc Wortman

The First Airplane to Cross an Ocean

She made history as a Navy pilot. An all-female squadron just flew over her funeral.

Capt. Rosemary Mariner, who died Jan. 24, broke barriers throughout her career, opening doors for other women.