Aviation Fact Friday: In addition to their fleet of cutters, the United States Coast Guard wields a fleet of aircraft, comprising 55 airplanes and 146 helicopters. According to the Coast Guard, these aircraft are utilized “...to support its work as a law enforcement arm, a military service branch,...
Aviation Fact Friday:Notorious for carrying the nuclear bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the B-29 Superfortress was described by Boeing as one of “...the most technologically advanced airplanes of World War II…”
Aviation Fact Friday: In honor of Black History Month, it seems fitting that this week’s “Aviation Fact Friday” highlights the legacy of the famed Tuskegee Airmen. According to history.com, the Tuskegee Airmen “...were the first Black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps,” and “...they flew...
Aviation Fact Friday: According to Boeing, the 747 was “monumental in size,” and “was the result of the work of some 50,000 Boeing people,” who received the nickname, “the Incredibles,” for designing the 747 over the course of merely 16 months. At the time, the 747 was “the largest civilian airplane...
Aviation Fact Friday: On May 1st, 1958, CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 was damaged by a Soviet missile, causing him to bail out above Soviet Russia. Powers was captured by the KGB, and remnants of his plane revealed that he had been conducting a reconnaissance mission.
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