The First Non-Stop Flight Across the Atlantic with David Rooney
Long before Earhart and Lindbergh came Jack Alcock and Ted Brown. David Rooney tells us about 'The Big Hop'
Aviation
A collection of 5 Posts
The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine
From the moment von Zeppelin flew his airship in the summer of 1900, people saw these machines as new emblems of the modern world.
'Rigid Airships Were a Bad Idea' with S.C. Gwynne
The feats and follies of the airship era, on board the world’s largest flying machine
Monsieur Auguste Gaudron and his Fabulous Balloon
Katie Munnik relates the true story of Louisa Maud Evans, a fourteen-year old girl who tumbled 8,000 feet into the Bristol Channel
1963: TWA Flight Center
An iconic, innovative 1960s airport terminal hailed as a critically-acclaimed architectural masterpiece