Thomas Fitzpatrick and the stolen airplane that landed on a New York City street to win a bar bet, twice
Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a plane twice to land on a Manhattan street and win bar bets in 1956 and 1958.
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Wilbur Wright and the day aviation lost its quiet genius on May thirtieth, nineteen twelve
Wilbur Wright, the quiet genius behind powered flight, died of typhoid fever on May 30, 1912, at just forty-five years old.
TaildraggerBeryl Markham and the solo westbound Atlantic crossing that almost killed her in a Vega Gull
Beryl Markham's 1936 solo westbound Atlantic crossing in a Vega Gull remains one of aviation's most daring flights.
TaildraggerBob Hoover and the stolen Focke-Wulf that flew him to freedom
Bob Hoover escaped a German POW camp in a stolen Focke-Wulf 190 and became the greatest stick-and-rudder pilot who ever lived.
TaildraggerBob Timm and John Cook and the Cessna one seventy-two that stayed airborne over Las Vegas for sixty-four days
In 1958, Bob Timm and John Cook kept a stock Cessna 172 airborne over Las Vegas for 64 days, a record that still stands today.
TaildraggerThe Lady Be Good and the ghost bomber found perfectly preserved in the Libyan desert fifteen years after it vanished
The Lady Be Good, a B-24 Liberator lost in 1943, was found perfectly preserved in the Libyan desert 15 years later with no crew aboard.
TaildraggerThunder Over Michigan at Willow Run and the warbird runway where they built B-twenty-fours by the thousands
Thunder Over Michigan at Willow Run Airport delivers world-class warbird flying on the historic ground where Ford built nearly 9,000 B-24 Liberators.
RampCrashes, Groundings and Cover-Ups: Aviation's Most Controversial Aircraft
From the de Havilland Comet to the Boeing 737 MAX, these controversial aircraft exposed deadly flaws that reshaped aviation safety forever.
TowerMathias Rust and the Cessna that landed in Red Square
On May 28, 1987, teenager Mathias Rust flew a rented Cessna 172 over 550 miles of Soviet airspace and landed in Red Square.
TaildraggerPancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club at the edge of the dry lakebed
Pancho Barnes built the Happy Bottom Riding Club at the edge of Edwards AFB, where America's greatest test pilots found refuge during aviation's most dangerous era.
TaildraggerTex Johnston and the barrel roll that sold the Jet Age over Lake Washington
How Tex Johnston's barrel roll of the Boeing Dash 80 over Lake Washington in 1955 changed commercial aviation forever.
TaildraggerGail Halvorsen the Candy Bomber and the handkerchief parachutes over Berlin
How pilot Gail Halvorsen's two sticks of gum sparked Operation Little Vittles during the 1948 Berlin Airlift.
TaildraggerPancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club at the edge of the sound barrier
Pancho Barnes built the Happy Bottom Riding Club, where test pilots like Chuck Yeager gathered at the edge of the sound barrier.
TaildraggerThe Schneider Trophy and the seaplane races that built the Spitfire
The Schneider Trophy seaplane races of the 1920s and 1930s directly produced the Spitfire's elliptical wing, Merlin engine, and cooling system.
TaildraggerFifi the B-twenty-nine Superfortress pulled from a Navy bombing range and restored to fly again
How volunteers rescued the B-29 Fifi from a Navy bombing range and restored her to flying condition against impossible odds.
TaildraggerThe Cornfield Bomber and the F one oh six that landed itself in a Montana cornfield
The true story of an unmanned F-106 Delta Dart that recovered from a flat spin and landed itself in a Montana field in 1970.
TaildraggerThe Gee Bee Super Sportster and the most dangerous racing airplane ever built
The Gee Bee Super Sportster was a radical 1930s racer built for pure speed in a shoe factory—and it killed nearly every pilot who flew it.
TaildraggerThe Tupolev Tu one forty-four and the Soviet supersonic transport that hit Mach two on May twenty-sixth, nineteen seventy
On May 26, 1970, the Tupolev Tu-144 became the first commercial transport aircraft to reach Mach 2, a milestone in the Cold War supersonic race.
TaildraggerWiley Post and the one-eyed Oklahoma barnstormer who flew around the world and invented the pressure suit
Wiley Post lost an eye in an oil field accident, then set two around-the-world records and invented the pressure suit.
TaildraggerWrong Way Corrigan and the flight plan to California that ended in Ireland
Douglas Corrigan flew from Brooklyn to Dublin in 1938, claiming a compass error on his California flight plan.
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