From the Silver Screen to Blue Skies If you’re compiling a list of some of the most influential figures in the aviation industry, Howard Hughes has to be on it--there’s no question about that. And he’d likely make appearances on other lists, too, such as most financially successful individuals, and even controversial filmmakers (of the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ruth Law Oliver, who was featured in our Women in Aviation History post earlier this month, passed away 46 years ago on December 1, 1970 in San Francisco. She was 83 years old. Image: PD-US A Brief Biography She was born on May 21, 1887 in Massachusetts. Ruth was a pioneering aviatrix in her [...]
What's better than flying first class? Flying your own plane, obviously. Owning (and being able to fly) private aircraft is certainly a trend among some of the biggest names in Hollywood (and the music industry). And who could begrudge them? Very few things are as cool as flying, and being able to own your own [...]
