It's been a while since we've had an Aviation Appreciation Friday post and who better to reintroduce our series with than one of the engineering masterminds of Lockheed's Skunk Works Division! Life: Kelly Johnson was born in the small mining town...
Let's Celebrate the Inventors of the World’s First Successful Aircraft... Wilbur Wright was born on April 16, 1867, near Millville, Indiana, and Orville Wright on August 19, 1871, in Dayton, Ohio. They were two of seven Wright siblings, with...
Introducing #5 of the series: Chuck Yaeger, The First Person to Break the Sound Barrier! Early Life & World War II: Chuck Yaeger was born on February 13, 1923, in Myra, West Virginia, Yeager grew up in a modest...
Beyond the Horizon: Jerrie Mock's Unforgettable Solo Flight Around the Globe… Jerrie Mock was a pioneering aviator who made history as the first woman to fly solo around the world. Born Geraldine Fredritz in 1925 in Ohio, Mock developed...
