The First US President to Fly on Official Business Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com What was unique is now so commonplace that we don’t even bat an eye when the President flies in everything from helicopters (devices that according to newsman Harry Reasoner “…don’t want to fly. Helicopters are maintained in the air by…
Amelia Earhart, Hawaii to California Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com Enduring mysteries are fodder for the imagination. What happened to the ghost ship, The Mary Celeste? How about D. B. Cooper after high jacking Northwest Orient Flight 305 out of Portland (Oregon). How did Stonehenge or the Great Pyramids get built? Is the Bermuda…
Paying for the Luxury of Supersonic Flight Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com Happy New Year!. I hope each of you reading this will enjoy a happy and healthy 2024. Talk about flying, especially time flying? Where did 2023 get up and go off to so fast? As I sit here writing this and shaking…
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…