This Month in Aviation History: The Six Million Dollar Man Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: AvBrief.com and NASA Good Memorial Day morning fellow aviation history enthusiasts. Amongst others today as I’m certain you all are, I’m remembering friends, squadron mates, and fellow Marines killed in service to our nation. These include my best friend, Major…
Last Week in Aviation history: The First Stewardess Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: FAA, United Air Lines Perhaps “stewardess” isn’t the most modern way to describe the female commercial aviation crewmembers, more commonly called “flight attendants” these days, but I personally like the “old school” name and that’s what their title was shortly after being…
Tomorrow in Aviation History: The Flying Greek Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: Wikipedia and the US Army/National Herald On May 3, 1943. – WW II Double Ace Spiros “Steve” Pisanos became the first person in U.S. history to become an American citizen on foreign soil, when he took his oath of allegiance in England during…
A Month Ago in Aviation History: Space Junk Rule Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: Wikimedia, NASA, Avbrief.com Space Junk Rule Put Off https://avbrief.com/space-junk-rule-put-off/?utm_source=newsletter-160&utm_medium=email Space junk a problem? Is this Chicken Little’s “the sky is falling” or a real issue? I was driving to Highpoint NC a few years ago on I-73 on our way…