by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 21, 1964, the first prototype North American Aviation XB-70A-1-NA Valkyrie, serial number 62-0001, flown by Chief Test Pilot Alvin S. White and Colonel Joseph […]
On September 14 1939 at Stratford, Connecticut, Igor Sikorsky made the first tethered flight of the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 prototype helicopter. The duration of the flight was just 10 seconds but demonstrated that the helicopter could […]
On September 9, 1072, Captain Charles Barbin DeBellevue, United States Air Force, a Weapons System Officer flying on F-4D and F-4E Phantom II fighters, became the high-scoring American Ace of the Vietnam War when he and his […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 4 1922 First Lieutenant James H. (“Jimmy”) Doolittle, Air Service, United States Army, made the first transcontinental crossing of the United States in a single day when he […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation and by Capt. Kenya Pettway, Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs UPT Class 77-08 featured the first female officers to graduate in the Air Force […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 1, 1974, Major James V. Sullivan, USAF, Pilot and Major Noel F. Widdifield, USAF, Reconnaissance Systems Officer, set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On August 31, 1956, the first production Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker, 55-3118, named City of Renton, made its first flight with company test pilots Alvin Melvin (“Tex”) […]
Technically the C-130 Hercules is not a Warbird just yet, because it’s still operational within several of air arms across the globe. However, it’s such an iconic aircraft that every news item featuring its current […]
Jacqueline Cochran’s life was about risk and about triumph. A successful businesswoman and director of the Women’s Air Force Service Pilots in World War II, at the time of her death Cochran held more speed, […]
By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC The McDonnell F2H Banshee flew for the first time 68 years ago today. Affectionately known by those who flew it as the “Old Banjo,” the F2H served the Navy and the […]
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