She was a modern woman in a not-so modern age. At a time when her contemporaries were swathed in petticoats and corsets, Harriet Quimby was climbing into a cockpit, decked out in a satin flying suit, waving energetically to the crowd. She was as bold and tenacious as she was beautiful, and she displayed anContinue reading “Remarkable Photos of Harriet Quimby, the First Licensed U.S. Woman Pilot”
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Survivor of 1972 Andes Plane Crash Recalls Harrowing Experience When He Has to Eat Human Flesh to Stay Alive
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, also known as Miracle Flight 571, was a chartered flight originating in Montevideo, Uruguay, bound for Santiago, Chile, that crashed high in the Andes mountains on 13 October 1972. The accident became known as the Andes flight disaster (Tragedia de los Andes) and the Miracle of the Andes (Milagro deContinue reading “Survivor of 1972 Andes Plane Crash Recalls Harrowing Experience When He Has to Eat Human Flesh to Stay Alive”
Amazing Historical Photos of Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart (born July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937, declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel, wrote best-sellingContinue reading “Amazing Historical Photos of Amelia Earhart”
Inside the Hindenburg: Rare Vintage Photographs Reveal What Luxury Air Travel Was Like in the 1930s
Flying across the Atlantic on the airship Hindenburg was the fastest and most luxurious way to travel between Europe and America in the 1930s. The interior furnishings of the Hindenburg were designed by Fritz August Breuhaus, whose design experience included Pullman coaches, ocean liners, and warships of the German Navy. The reform ideas as toContinue reading “Inside the Hindenburg: Rare Vintage Photographs Reveal What Luxury Air Travel Was Like in the 1930s”
