Aviation History
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A Job Interview that Made History
How Emily Howell Warner became the first woman commercial airline captainHow Air Shows Propelled Aviation
After they first created a public sensation, with aerobatic barnstorming performers, air shows today continue to showcase aviation’s great leaps forward. Throughout the nation air show attractions run the gamut from modern military aircraft to old warbirds and bi-planes, radio-controlled aircraft, helicopters and drones with activities such as wing-walking and sky diving adding to the excitement.A Pilot of Many Firsts: Amelia Earhart’s Enduring Legacy
At age 20, while serving as a Red Cross nurse’s aide in Toronto in 1917, Amelia Mary Earhart’s interest in flight was spurred by stories she heard from World War I pilots. Three years later in Los Angeles she paid $10 (equivalent to $160 today) to take a brief flight in an airplane piloted by air racer Frank Hawks.America’s Freedom Plane Takes Flight
The National Archive’s Freedom Plane took off from the Coast Guard Hangar at Reagan Washington National Airport on March 2 as part of America’s Freedom 250 celebration. Dubbed “Archive One,” the Freedom Plane will ferry national treasures -- together and through the air for the first time -- to eight U.S. cities where they will be on display in prominent museums free to the public. See our coverage and learn about this historic mission.From the Oval Office to the Skies: U.S. Presidents in the Aviation Age
The age of aviation has run through nearly half of our nation’s history. Since the Wright brothers took flight, 22 U.S. presidents, starting with Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., have witnessed and helped propel aviation forward.First Flight in America
George Washington and four future presidents witnessed our nation’s first aviation milestone in Philadelphia, 1793, when Jean-Pierre Blanchard, the French aeronaut and pioneer of gas balloon flight, took to the air in a hydrogen-filled balloon from the interior yard of the Walnut Street Prison.A Legacy of Greatness
How the Wright Brothers Transformed Our WorldRecognizing 67 Years of Advancing Aviation Safety
