On This Day in Aviation History: JAL Flight 123 Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com, Japan Transport Safety Board, and Wikipedia On this day in aviation history we’ll look at one of saddest aviation events that can happen: a mass deaths event caused by a Jumbo Jet crash that takes over 500 lives. Is there…
These Days in Aviation History: Today, Tomorrow, and The Next Day + Looking Ahead Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: Goodfellows Historical Foundation Editors, Encyclopedia Brittanica, MSN.com There is so much aviation history out there, it can be difficult to pick which event(s) to share with you. I could fill pages of history every time I…
Christmas in July and the Jerome-de Bothezat Flying Octopus Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: MSN.com-news and technology/article by Harrison Kass, Wikipedia, US Navy The First Helicopter Was Far, Far Ahead of Its Time Story by Harrison Kass Downloaded on July 25, 2025 from: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-first-helicopter-was-far-far-ahead-of-its-time/ar-AA1F4HcC Twenty years would pass before anyone improved upon the performance of…
On This Day in Aviation History– Weather Forecasting Debuts Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com, Library of Congress, Arkansas Air and Military Museum, Alamy Robert FitzRoy. Alamy Stock Photo Thunderstorms are forecasted today on this August 1st—some severe—here in the Sandhills of NC. I’m preparing to go out for a bike ride and will be…
This Day in Aviation History: The USS Indianapolis Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com, US Navy, PhotoQuest/Getty Images Happy “hump day” for those still working full time. Today’s “this day in aviation history” is about a heavy cruiser, the USS Indianapolis. “What,” you may ask, “does a heavy cruiser have to do with aviation?” “Well,”…
On This Day in Aviation History: A Precursor to 9-11? Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com and Bettman archive In 1945 the Empire State Building in New York City was the tallest building in the world. We were told as kids that if you dropped a penny from the observation deck on the 86th floor,…
A July 2025 “This month in aviation history”: Quiet Supersonic Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: Space.com and NASA When I was a kid growing up in the 50’s and 60’s, the North American “X-15” was the “plane du jour” for kids dreaming of becoming pilots…or better yet, astronauts. Pilots of the X-15 earned their astronaut…
The First Spacewalk by a Woman Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: www.space.com, TASS/Getty Images On this day in space! July 25, 1984: First spacewalk by a woman Downloaded July 25, 2025 from: https://www.space.com/39251-on-this-day-in-space.html?utm_term=80CFE072-3D22-4ED3-B366-38D5778C5AB2&lrh=979456b06da101021af8477d820fe42a8b8fac61060c8f48a99307e6facca454&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=87EBF5C8-7B28-4810-B182-4DF63BCF324E&utm_source=SmartBrief By Hanneke Weitering On July 25, 1984, the Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to embark on a spacewalk, also…