Airlines, through their structure, serve different market segments. Some carry all passengers or all cargo. Some operate regional turboprops or widebody jets. Some are low-fare, and…
Although Grumman never designed a bonafide “airliner,” it built three amphibious aircraft that found limited passenger-carrying applications. Founded by Leroy Randle Grumman, who was once plant…
The United States Mint (Mint) began shipping the first coin in the 2023 American Women Quarters (AWQ) Program. The Mint facilities at Philadelphia and Denver manufacture…
Documented original Tuskegee Airman, 2nd Lieutenant Herbert Thorpe, is not your average male in America. He is a living legend, and he has surpassed many averages. Born…
Airlines can sometimes be considered completed puzzles and identifying the pieces that were used to assemble their picture can shed light on their origin. One of…
The world of 1943 was so simple. Most homes had a radio receiver as their only communications media. Getting news about WWII boiled down to radio…
Harnessing US airline deregulation, Capitol Air was one of several carriers catapulted to temporary success after transitioning itself from charter to scheduled operations. Founded on June…
On the clear Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, flight instructor Cornelia Fort was flying with a student pilot named Suomala. They had risen from the…
Progressively forgotten with the advance of time and perhaps only associated with a shopping complex, the Roosevelt Field name was once a sprawling expanse of aeronautical…
On Wednesday, October 26, the Museum hosted a brief outdoor viewing to unveil the work done to restore the F-14D Tomcat currently stored in the museum’s…