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Aviation Heritage

The stories behind the skill.

Primary-sourced histories of the aircraft, people, and moments that shaped how we fly — each one a short read that ties back to a skill you use today.

250 cards

Era
Category
Heritage
HistoryModern

"A Toshiba radio, a Semtex charge, and a town that never expected to fall from the sky."

Pan Am 103 / Lockerbie: The Bomb That Rewrote Aviation Security
Story in review
Heritage
AircraftModern

"They built the biggest passenger jet ever. Then they discovered the airport gate was the limit."

The Superjumbo: Airbus A380
Story in review
Heritage
AircraftModern

"500 feet"

Eviation Alice: The First All-New All-Electric Commuter Aircraft
Story in review
Heritage
HistoryModern

"When software tried to outthink the pilots."

The MCAS Reckoning
Story in review
Heritage
AircraftModern

"A Cold War giant that learned to kneel."

The Ruslan Heavy
Story in review
Heritage
AircraftModern

"Savannah's answer to speed and altitude."

The Mach 0.935 Club
Story in review
Heritage
HistoryModern

"Ice blocked three pitot tubes. The crew did the exact wrong thing for three and a half minutes. Two hundred and twenty-eight people fell from the sky."

Air France Flight 447: The Investigation That Taught the World to Search
Story in review
Heritage
AircraftModern

"One engine, one planet, ten million hours."

The Swiss Workhorse
Story in review
Heritage
HistoryModern

"A jackscrew stripped bare. A crew fought for eighty minutes. Eighty-eight people fell into the Pacific because maintenance intervals were stretched too far."

Alaska Airlines Flight 261: The Screw That Wasn't Greased
Story in review
Heritage
HistoryModern

"Oxygen generators without safety caps. A cargo hold without fire detection. One hundred and ten people had no warning."

ValuJet Flight 592: The Fire Cargo Compartments Could Not Hide
Story in review