Fifty years ago today, Boeing flight tested the first “Jumbo Jet”. Taller than a six-story building, the 747-100’s 195-foot wingspan was 75 feet wider than Orville Wright’s first flight at Kitty Hawk, ...
DEDICATED: On May 21 in Waco, Texas, NASA dedicated its Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft to pioneering aviator Charles Lindbergh on the 80th anniversary of his ...