The year was 1916, just 12½ years after the Wright brothers had their first successful flight at Kitty Hawk. World War I was underway in Europe, and the U.S. would join the fray the following year.

An atmospheric river is moving through western Washington and expected to dump 1-3 inches of rain. by Kiersten Throndsen The University of Washington's aeronautics and astronautics department ...

On July 4, 1914, William Boeing, along with his friend George Conrad Westervelt, took their very first plane ride. It was in a Curtiss seaplane helmed by Terah Maroney, a barnstorming young pilot who ...

nasmain copy Purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds. "Boeing's story is an exciting one, complete with bootleggers, kidnappers and disastrous run-ins with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and future Supreme ...