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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
SpaceSpace Age

"117 seconds"

Apollo 17: The Last Man on the Moon
Story in review
Heritage
LoreModern

"281 feet"

The Aerobatic Box — A Cube of Discipline in the Sky
Story in review
Heritage
SpaceSpace Age

"On 31 October 2000, from the same launch pad at Baikonur ..."

A Home in the Void — Expedition 1, October 2000–March 2001
Story in review
Heritage
HistoryModern

"214 miles"

The RQ-4 Global Hawk: Eyes Across the Oceans
Story in review
Heritage
LoreModern

"In 1966, the races moved to Stead Airfield, the former military base named for Bill's brother, 1st Lt."

The Reno National Championship Air Races — The Last of the Closed-Course Thunder
Story in review
Heritage
HistoryModern

"Resource Management on the Flightdeck,"

CRM: When the Cockpit Became a Crew
Story in review
Heritage
LoreModern

" a slow trainer was a "

Aviation Slang: The Language of the Hangar
Story in review
Heritage
LoreTimeless

"20 miles"

Words in the Wind: Four Voices from the Sky
Story in review
Heritage
LoreModern

"When the altimeter reads forty thousand and the flak is r..."

Superstitions: Charms Against the Void
Story in review
Heritage
LoreTimeless

"Upside-Down"

Barnstormers: The Flying Circus
Story in review
Heritage
LoreTimeless

"The first solo flight is an event "which forever remains ..."

The Shirttail Solo: A Rite of Passage
Story in review
Heritage
LoreModern

"Farnborough, by contrast, was a postwar child"

The Heritage of Airshows — From Paris to Farnborough
Story in review
Heritage
LoreJet Age

"By the late 1950s, the convention had outgrown Milwaukee ..."

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh — The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration
Story in review
Heritage
HistoryModern

"300 feet"

The Checklist: Born in Flames
Story in review
Heritage
HistoryWWII

" Ground controllers began telling pilots to "

Squawk Codes: The Bird That Answers Back
Story in review
Heritage
HistoryModern

"May 14, 2013"

The Northrop Grumman X-47B: The Navy's Robotic Tailless Wing
Story in review
Heritage
HistoryModern

"August 20, 1998"

The Aerosonde Laima: A Robot Crosses the Atlantic
Story in review
Heritage
HistoryModern

"medium-altitude endurance"

The MQ-1 Predator: The Garage Genius Who Changed War Forever
Story in review
Heritage
HistoryModern

"The Pioneer gained its place in aviation folklore during ..."

The RQ-2 Pioneer: When a Robot Accepted a Surrender
Story in review
Heritage
HistorySpace Age

"Bullshit Bomber"

The AQM-34 Firebee / Lightning Bug: The Unseen Spy of Vietnam
Story in review
Heritage
HistoryWWII

"The OQ-2 was a simple, low-wing monoplane powered by a sm..."

The Radioplane OQ-2: Hollywood's Gift to the Arsenal of Democracy
Story in review
Heritage
HistoryWWII

"Conceived by automotive inventor **Charles F"

The Kettering Bug: America's First Aerial Torpedo
Story in review
Heritage
AircraftModern

"In August 2014, a small, carbon-fiber aircraft with an in..."

Bayraktar TB2: The Drone That Changed War
Story in review
Heritage
AircraftModern

"500 feet"

Boeing X-45: The First Autonomous Combat Jet
Story in review
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