Eve-Eve Aviation Twofer Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com Good Christmas Eve-Eve fellow aviation history enthusiasts. We have an “eve-eve twofer” for you this evening about 28 hours before midnight on December 25th and the beginning of Christmas Day. Aviation history is full of feats of great invention and risk. There’s sadness in aviation history. …
The First of the First AND Kimmel Relieved of Command Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com, General Aviation News Every year on this day we cover an aviation first of the first in an attempt to keep the memory alive amongst we aviation enthusiasts, so please forgive the repeated “on this day in aviation history”…on…
This Day in Aviation History: The Bermuda Triangle and Flight 19 Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com Have you ever been lost? Those of us older than 50 probably can relate to that sinking feeling (no pun intended regarding the below article) when you begin to realize you have no idea where you are. Perhaps…
Admiral Byrd and the South Pole Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com I meant to get this out the other day, highlighting November 29, 1929, just a few days after the 1929 stock market crash that was a contributing factor to the Great Depression and also the 94th anniversary of American explorer and US Navy…
D.B. Cooper Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com I hope you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving recalling and celebrating the many blessings we’ve been granted. In 1971, I was a senior in high school and, being the self-absorbed young adult focused on getting accepted to college I was, even I recall the interest we had in…
QUESST Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: Robert Lea, NASA Best wishes for a happy Thanksgiving to all readers of the Moore County Airport Website. Speaking of Thanksgiving, think turkeys can’t fly? See the video here to settle the argument once and for all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWyMbMTAvgY “Turkey” can be used as a synonym for a slow, lumbering…
The Thundering Herd Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com, Wikipedia One of the most tragic aviation mishaps in American history was the day the “Thundering Herd” thundered no more. Even as a self-absorbed Ohio high school junior—me—with no connection to Marshall University or West Virginia, I remember the day this tragedy occurred. And I could…
Press On: Back to the Past Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: Mark Harris via TechCrunch.com Today’s aviation history vignette, is appropriately (since we’re talking history here 😊) titled, “Back to the past”. Commercializing airships and airship passenger service and cargo hauling—even arming them with aircraft and other weapons—have been “tried”…and have failed…multiple times in the…