Standing outside your hangar, gazing skyward, have you ever seen an unusually sharp hole in the cloud deck above? If you have, was it circular, elliptical, or possibly square or rectangular?
The Virginia state song, Our Great Virginia, describes the Old Dominion state as “the birthplace of the nation: where history was changed forever.” To explore that history, there are few better airports to tie down at than Shannon Airport (EZF) in Fredericksburg.
I’ve heard rainy day hangar discussions become heated as pilots argue who was America’s greatest aviator—was it Neil Armstrong, Orville or Wilbur, Lindbergh, or Rickenbacker? To me, there’s no question which pilot had the most distinguished career in aviation—the ace of aces, Snoopy.
Just seven years after the Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, two women joined the ranks of American aviators. Blanche Scott and Bessie Raiche each made solo flights in 1910, the first women in America to do so.
When the Apollo 11 astronauts returned from the historic first exploration of the moon’s surface, they were honored by the people of America and the nations of the world.
B–52 pilots, Mickey Rooney fans, and meat lovers may want to land at Millard Municipal Airport (MLE) in Omaha, Nebraska. Then tie down and drive to the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum to learn about MAD, and we’re not talking about the magazine.
