Boeing History: Metal Monoplanes

February 20, 2005 0

After Charles “Lucky” Lindbergh made the first solo nonstop trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris in a Ryan monoplane in 1927, there was a tremendous surge of interest in aviation. […]

FIFTY HERCULEAN YEARS: THE C-130’S GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY

February 13, 2005 0

At two-forty-five PM on a smoggy August 23, 1954 afternoon, the prototype for the next century of transports took to the air in Burbank California, carrying with it Lockheed’s extravagant hopes for a production run of as many as one hundred aircraft. […]