The desire to fly faster than ever has been the one overwhelming idea that has propelled human flight. Since the Wright Flyer ...

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So, learn all about the innovative spirit of North Carolina's people and how their pride and ambition led to a bold legacy today. Why North Carolina remains the 'Cradle of Flight' It is no coincidence ...

Museum visitors gather in a hangar at the World War II Aviation Museum for a presentation about Army Air Corps Col. Paul “Pappy” Gunn next to the museum’s B-25J Mitchell, an aircraft Gunn helped make ...

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McKeesport native Helen Richey became the first woman to fly a commercial airliner to deliver mail and transport passengers. She was part of what was known as the “air-minded movement.” Richey and ...

Aviation is not about traveling from one place to another. It is about the airplanes themselves. From the flying machines to ...

The old hangar still stands along New Highway, south of the American Airpower Museum, on the grounds of Republic Airport in East Farmingdale. A gigantic, Quonset hut-style building, now pained by rust ...

These aircraft dwarf many modern airliners.