Nature has always been fascinating to us. The way it changes from one year to the next and season-to-season cannot be compared to anything else in this world. It changes and adapts, and we are always working to change and adapt with it. Nature has influenced humans on a number of things: from housing design [...]
The Pietenpol Air Camper has been on my mind for quite some time. What is really remarkable about this plane to me is the fact that it can be built by pretty much anyone with a few tools, a few thousand dollars, and some time. The Pietenpol Air Camper was the vision of Bernard Pietenpol [...]
Both Delta and United Airlines have announced that they will be retiring their fleet of Boeing 747 jets this year. Known as the Queen of the Skies, the 747 has been around since 1968. They have been a part of United fleet and Delta Airlines' since 1970. Cathay Pacific Airways, ANA, Singapore Airlines and Air [...]
Franklin D. Roosevelt has the distinction of being the first US president to ever fly in an aircraft, while Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first president to travel in an airplane with the designation Air Force One. It was Theodore Roosevelt, however, who was the first [former] president to ever fly in an aircraft in October [...]
It’s a boat! It’s a plane! It’s an… amphibious aircraft! The Beriev Be-200, manufactured by Irkut Corporation, was designed by the Beriev Aircraft Company. The intention was to design an aircraft that served multiple purposes, such as fighting fires, acting in search and rescue efforts, serving as passenger transportation, and more. Design and Development The [...]
Some of the most popular, iconic airlines of the United States have disappeared from the skies--and from our minds. How is it that some of the most popular airlines are now defunct? For some, financial problems were to blame. For others it was labor problems, increased competition or plane crashes which doomed them. Some of the [...]
First class travel is a dream for some, but what does it matter if you’re all getting from point A to point B at the same time? I’ve only traveled first class once in my life… and I slept through most of it. That particular travel experience was a blur of running from one terminal to [...]
Even centuries-old aircraft will look somewhat familiar to modern aviation enthusiasts. Early aviation engineers discovered pretty quickly there was a certain, standard structure for aircrafts that seemed capable of sustaining flight. Before there were documented stories, there were legends of men adhering bird-like wings to their arms, complete with plucked feathers and ancient glue-like substances. And [...]
Confession: when I was young, I wanted to be a flight attendant. I don’t know what sparked the career aspiration in me—possibly living near an airport, attending air shows, and playing with my globe lamp—but, for as long as I can remember, I’ve been gifted with wanderlust. I think writing for The Flight Blog comes [...]
American aviator Charles Lindbergh made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in May of 1927. The flight took 33.5 hours and earned him the nicknames “Lucky Lindy” and “Lone Eagle.” The Life of Charles Lindbergh The famed pilot grew up in Minnesota on a small farm with his parents. He attended the [...]
