Between 1942 and 1945, the U.S. Navy received more than 150 airships for the war effort. The military used these blimps, produced by the Goodyear Corporation, as convoy escort vessels. The Navy used them to spot enemy submarines and drop depth charges on those they encountered. But of all the airships utilized during World War [...]
You might be familiar with Simba, Mufasa, the Cowardly Lion, and maybe even Aslan, but have you ever heard of Gilmore the Lion? Seeing a lion on an airplane is not exactly what you would consider a “usual” occurrence—in April 2016, though, 33 rescued circus lions were flown from Columbia and Peru to a sanctuary [...]
August 17, 1927 marks the end of the Dole Derby--an ill-fated air race Charles Lindbergh’s Orteig Prize-winning, nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic inspired a number of aviators and aviation-enthusiasts to fly their way into history (such as Tailwind’s journey aboard the American Nurse). Lindbergh’s fame particularly inspired Hawaii pineapple magnate James D. Dole to [...]
The recent hype and mind-blowing preorders for Tesla’s newly-announced Model 3 proves that the general public continues to be interested in alternative fuels and innovation that lessens environmental impact as well as reliance on "big oil". But while electric vehicles like Tesla trend on social media and are hailed as the solution for reducing carbon [...]
