Today in #Connecticut History, September 2: Man Soars Above the Connecticut — Dog Parachuted Into Middletown

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https://todayincthistory.com/2023/09/02/september-2-dog-parachuted-from-hot-air-balloon-high-over-middletown/

#19thcentury #aviationhistory #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #hotairballoons #middletown #newenglandairmuseum #plymouth #ptbarnum #september #silasbrooks

Today (08/27) in #AviationHistory, 1939 - The world's first jet #aircraft, the #German-made #Heinkel He178, flies for the first time.

Photo- Public Domain

Today in #Connecticut History, August 23: Circumnavigating Celebrity Aviator Lands in Connecticut

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https://todayincthistory.com/2023/08/23/august-23-famous-aviator-wiley-post-visits-connecticut-3/

#20thcentury #august #aviationhistory #connecticuthistory #connecticutindustry #hartford #prattandwhitney #transportationhistory #wileypost #winniemae

Unveil the captivating evolution of helicopters through history 🚁✈️ From da Vinci's sketches to modern marvels, explore the journey of flight in our comprehensive article! #AviationHistory #HelicopterInnovation #VerticalFlight 📜🔍

https://panopticpen.space/posts/the-evolution-and-advancement-of-helicopters-a-comprehensive-historical-overview

Today in #Connecticut History, August 14: Gustave Whitehead Flies, Making Two Wrights Wrong

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https://todayincthistory.com/2023/08/14/august-14-gustave-whitehead-flies-making-two-wrights-wrong/

#20thcentury #august #aviationhistory #bridgeport #connecticuthistory #connecticutinnovation #fairfield #firstinflight #gustavewhitehead #wrightbrothers

On this day (8/11) in 1995: The first Embraer ERJ 145 takes to the sky. Quite a polarizing plane, the “jungle jet.” Love it? Hate it?

We *loved* OneJet with its all business cabin. Sadly, they aren’t around anymore.

Read a retro review (by @User47) here: https://www.airlinereporter.com/2019/02/retro-flight-review-onejet-plus-kansas-city-to-pittsburgh-aboard-an-erj/

Photo- OneJet (defunct)

#OnThisDay #AviationHistory #AvGeek

Best overall #aviationhistory and #warbird channel on Youtube, I think.

" Martin B-26 Marauder. Unsafe At Any Speed? | Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syL8xXEQTW4

#aviation #history #aerospace

On this day (7/9) in 1953: New York Airways begins the first US scheduled helicopter service with former military Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaws. Service was between the three NYC-area airports.

Photo- US Army (Creative Commons)

#OnThisDay #AviationHistory #AvGeek

Would you folks be interested in #OnThisDay aviation history posts from this account? #AvGeek friendly stuff. Like airline launches/ends, first flights of various plane types, fun/weird milestones, etc.

Sample:

On this day (7/1) in #AviationHistory, 1933: First flight of the only Douglas DC-1 ever built. This was the foundation for the DC-2 and later the blockbuster DC-3.

Discover the Mysteries of Aircraft Graveyards: Where Dreams of Flight Find Rest. 🛩️
Embark on a virtual journey with Easy Peasy Fly and uncover the hidden wonders of these unique locations. ✈️🌵 #AircraftGraveyards #AviationHistory #easypeasyfly #aviation https://www.easypeasyfly.com/domestic/flights-to-las-vegas

The Century Series is a popular name for a group of US fighter plane models designated between F-100 and F-106 which went into full production. They included the first successful supersonic aircraft designs in USAF service.

Top to bottom: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, Republic F-105 Thunderchief, McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, North American F-100 Super Sabre, Convair F-106 Delta Dart, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter.

#AviationHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #geekdom

Today in #Connecticut History, May 19: World War I Flying Ace Killed In the Skies Over France

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https://todayincthistory.com/2023/05/19/may-19-wallingfords-world-war-i-flying-ace-killed-in-the-skies-over-france/

#20thcentury #aviationhistory #connecticuthistory #eddierickenbacker #flyingace #lafayetteescadrille #may #militaryhistory #raoullufbery #usarmyservice #wallingford #waranddefense #worldwari

#OnThisDay, 17 Apr 1964, Jerrie Mock touches down in Columbus Ohio and becomes the first woman to fly solo around the world. Press coverage of the time makes much of her being a “housewife”. 🙄

Watch a newsreel from the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Pz2zGZ3To

#WomenInHistory #AviationHistory #Histodons #AmericanHistory

#OnThisDay, 16 Apr 1912, Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly a plane across the English Channel.

Quimby was the first American woman to receive a pilot’s licence and made her living doing exhibition flights in the US. She also made money as the advertising face of a grape juice and writing screenplays for silent shorts. She died in July 1912 when her plane pitched forward at 1,000 feet and she fell.

#WomenInHistory #ReclaimTheFrame #AmericanHistory #AviationHistory #Histodons

Digging through my various links of historic aviation information and realized I haven't shared much on that here.

For this topic, I focus on the Northern Nevada section of the Transcontinental Airway System so these links are the ones directly to the Reno information. If you don’t know about this, in the early 1920s to mid 1930s, a system of large concrete navigational arrows and (later) lit beacons guided pilots across the United States to deliver mail. While many of the beacons and arrows were destroyed due to the war (recycle the metal and prevent enemy pilots from using the system), there are many that still exist. I like finding them.

These first links are to the Library of Congress archive of aeronautical strip maps (https://www.loc.gov/maps/?fa=segmentof:g3701pm.gct00064/&sb=shelf-id&sp=3&st=gallery) and sectional aeronatucial charts (https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701pm.gct00089/?c=160&sp=32&st=gallery) really helpful in locating where beacons and arrows are/were.

This link is the 1921 pilot's guide when flying along the route. Fun seeing what landmarks still exist 100 years later. http://www.archivaria.com/PilotDirections/PilotDirections2.html

Finally, here is a site that details abandoned and little known airfields. Some of which were in service during the 1920s-1930s so the webmaster includes photos and charts for those specifically. http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NV/Airfields_NV_NW.htm

#Nevada #Aviation #AviationHistory #TranscontinentalAirwaySystem #ConcreteArrows #Beacons #AeronauticalCharts #Airfields

In our latest #podcast at 'From Balloons to Drones,' we interview Dr Tal Tovy about the origins of the F-14 Tomcat and F-15 Eagle, the subject of his latest book. https://balloonstodrones.com/2023/04/01/podcast-origins-of-the-f-14-tomcat-and-f-15-eagle-an-interview-with-dr-tal-tovey/ #airpowerhistory #aviationhistory #AvGeek #MilHist

Today in #Connecticut History, March 30: Ukranian Helicopter Pioneer Igor Sikorsky Arrives in United States

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https://todayincthistory.com/2023/03/30/march-30-helicopter-pioneer-igor-sikorsky-arrives-in-united-states-3/

#20thcentury #aircraft #aviationhistory #businessandindustry #connecticutbusiness #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutinnovation #connecticutinventors #england #france #helicopter #igorsikorsky

#SundayAviationReading Celebrating #aviation 's legacy is important. It includes preserving local stories that made history. Asas Para Porto Seguro (in Portuguese) tells how the former Arraial d’Ajuda airfield in Bahia, Brazil shaped this coastal community. 🇧🇷✈️

#airports #avgeeks #AviationHistory #Bahia #PortoSeguro

Using New Zealand as a case study, my feature article explores the 1946 U.S. Lend-Lease settlement.

@historians.scial @HNetWar
#MilHist #History @histodons
@AvHistorian #aviationhistory

http://jstor.org/stable/48717728

Read my conversation with Jay Miller on the legacy of Breton aviation pioneer Jean Marie Le Bris in the Letters section of Vertiflite. Many thanks to @vstol for accommodating our discussion in this great magazine of the @VTOLsociety!

Download the March-April 2023 issue of #Vertiflite at this link: https://vtol.org/news/march-april-2023-vertiflite.

#aircraft #aviation #AviationHistory #AviationPioneers #Breizh #Bzh #engineering #JeanMarieLeBris #STEM