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Aviation Pioneers

Individuals on the frontier of flight, including the Wright brothers, Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh
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Earhart and navigator, Harry Manning, photographed by Albert Bresnik

Amelia's Astronaut Connection

The grandson of Amelia Earhart's photographer will carry her scarf higher than she ever did—into orbit.
October 23, 2009 | By Jill Michaels

The boxy biplane of Belgium’s Pierre de Caters in 1909.

The Birthplaces of Aviation

It didn't all happen at Kitty Hawk.
July 2009 | By Roger A. Mola

Among the locals helping the Wrights were Tom Beacham (second from right) with young son John and his dog Bounce.

Present at Creation

From five witnesses came a family tradition to honor the moment the airplane was born.
January 2009 | By Tom Crouch

1908: The Year the Airplane Went Public

Five years after Kitty Hawk, the Wrights finally showed the world their invention.
August 29, 2008 | By Tom D. Crouch

Feng and assistants with the Feng Ru 2 in Guangdong, China

The Father of Chinese Aviation

Feng Ru made history on the California coast, then introduced airplanes to his native land.
August 13, 2008 | By Rebecca Maksel

A historically accurate reproduction of the Wright Model B, built by the Wright Experience, is on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

Premier Performer

For their first airshows, the Wright exhibition team relied on the Model B.
March 19, 2008 | By Paul Glenshaw

Cromwell Dixon in his Curtiss biplane at the Helena fairgounds on September 30, 1911.

Across the Divide in 1911

A new biography details the exploits of teenage aviation pioneer Cromwell Dixon.
March 01, 2008 | By Tom Harpole

Curtiss on Curtiss

The aviation pioneer chronicled his life and work in a once rare (but now freely downloadable) 1912 book.
March 01, 2008 | By airspacemag.com

When the twin-engine America proved underpowered, Curtiss added a third engine. It worked on Keuka Lake, but fuel consumption proved too high for an Atlantic crossing.

America the Cruisable

The seaplane Glenn Curtiss designed in 1914 may have had trouble on the ocean, but its reproduction is delighting a whole town on a lake.
March 2008 | By James Wynbrandt

Earhart poses in a Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro in 1931.

Think You Know Amelia?

Take our Earhart quiz and find out.
July 2007 | By airspacemag.com

Amercan idol: Earhart first crossed the Atlantic in 1928, as a passenger. Four years later, she flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland in a Lockheed Vega. Here, the beaming villagers of Culmore, North Ireland, pay homage to the rising star.

An American Obsession

When she vanished-70 years ago this July-she was as big a star as Greta Garbo. Is that why some are still driven to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart?
July 2007 | By Paul Hoversten

A & S Interview: Leonard Bruno

The Library of Congress manuscript specialist looks after some of aviation's most historic documents.
July 2007 | By Pat Trenner

Alberto Santos-Dumont’s 14 Bis had three distinctly different sets of controls, which provided the aircraft’s stability.

In the Museum

The Spirit of Santos-Dumont
November 2006 | By Bettina H. Chavanne

Passenger Thomas Selfridge (left) and Orville Wright prepare to take off at Fort Myer, Virginia on September 17, 1908. They crashed soon after, and Selfridge became the first air fatality.

Under the Hood of a Wright Flyer

Aviation historians and restorers get a rare peek at a 98-year-old engine.
November 2006 | By Linda Shiner

How much is my Lindbergh photo worth?

Some Lindys are luckier than others.
November 01, 2006 | By Joe Pappalardo

In the Museum: Lindbergh for Sale

Stanley King's memorabilia collection.
September 2006 | By Diane Tedeschi

The 1912 Model F flying boat, which Curtiss sold to the U.S. Army.

Glenn Curtiss Slept Here

Has Hammondsport, New York, done right by its most famous citizen?
July 2006 | By Phil Scott

Hughes’ first record-setter was a Boeing 100A, a civilian version of the Army’s P-12B pursuit aircraft. In January 1934 Hughes won the Sportsman Pilot Free-For-All at the Miami, Florida All- American Air Meet, averaging 185.7 mph over a 20-mile course.

Howard Hughes' Top Ten

Wealthy beyond measure and weird beyond belief, Howard Hughes was an aerospace leviathan.
November 2004 | By Preston Lerner

On display at the Reno Air Races, the rule was “look, but don’t touch.” And best wear sunglasses, lest the highly polished aluminum skin sear your retinas.

Silver Bullet

No airplane in the world could outshine Howard Hughes' H-1 Racer--until Jim Wright built a copy of it.
May 2003 | By Preston Lerner

By 1909, they were famous; 7 Hawthorne Street, a mecca for aspiring airmen.

Meeting Wilbur and Orville

To understand the brothers, one historian found that what you know is less important than who you know.
March 2003 | By Tom D. Crouch


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