Tag: pilots

• Patty Wagstaff

  Patty Wagstaff is an aerobatic pilot who performs low-level aerobatic routines at air shows all over the world. In 1991, she was the first woman to win the U.S. National Aerobatic Championship. She also won it in 1992 and 1993. Wagstaff was the top U.S. Medal Winner, World Aerobatic Championships in 1990, 1992, and 1994, […]

• Learjet 60

  The Bombardier Learjet 60 XR, as with all Learjets, is synonymous with luxury and class. The Learjet 60 XR is a mid-size jet that requires a crew of two and can cruise at an altitude of 41,000′. The eight-passenger airplane has a cabin large enough to stand up in and an aisle that runs for […]

• Eddie Rickenbacker

  Eddie Rickenbacker, known as the Ace of Aces, had more confirmed enemy kills to his credit than any other American pilot in World War I. Before entering the war, Rickenbacker was a famous and successful race car driver. He only got his pilot’s license after he turned 27. He made up for lost time because […]

• P-40 Warhawk

  The P-40 Warhawk is one of the most famous planes of World War II. Curtis based its design on the P-36, and made its inaugural flight on October 14, 1938. In May of 1939, the P-40 earned the largest order ever made for a U.S. fighter aircraft of that time. The P-40, as a single-engine […]

• Saint Exupery

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery learned to fly in 1921 when he was with the French Air Force. In 1926, he became a civilian and delivered airmail to remote villages in the Sahara desert. Saint-Exupery flew once again for the French Air Force until the beginning of World War II. In 1940 he left France and resettled […]

• T38 Talon

  The T-38 Talon is a swept wing, twin-engine supersonic jet trainer capable of flying at high altitudes. It completed its first flight in 1959, and between 1961 and 1972, the U.S. Air Force received 1,100 of these impressive aircraft. Though improvements and upgrades for the T-38A, T-38B, and T-38C Talon continue to this day, Northrop […]

• The Red Baron

  Manfred von Richthofen was a World War I German fighter pilot. He affectionately referred to the men under his command as The Flying Circus. He himself was known as the Red Baron because he had painted his d red. Later, Richthofen painted his Fokker Dr. I triplane red as well. It was while flying this […]

• Mariscal Sucre International Airport

  The Mariscal Sucre International Airport is located in the city of Quito, in Ecuador, and was established in 1960. The airport was given its name in memory of an independence hero named Antonio Josè de Sucre. The Mariscal Sucre International Airport is located within the city and is one of the highest and most dangerous […]

• Wiley Post

  In 1930, Wiley Post flew his plane, the Winnie Mae, from Los Angeles to Chicago in just over 9 hours to win the National Air Race Derby. The plane is now on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. In 1931, Post was the first to fly around the world which he did […]

• USA Airports

  If you choose to explore the vastness of the United States using air travel, you can be confident that you will have plenty of airports to choose from. The United States has a well-developed airline system and you will be able to find plenty of small and large airports if you are planning to fly […]

• Northwest Aviation Conference

  The Washington Aviation Association (WAA) began in 1938 with a casual group of aviation companies. Ten years later the WAA officially became a non-profit corporation. A major part of the WAA is sponsoring the annual Northwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show that in 2007 will be going into its 24th year. More than 12,500 people […]

• Women in Aviation International Trade Show

  Women in Aviation International (WAI) sponsors the International Women in Aviation Trade Show which in 2007 is expected to draw more than 3,000 women and men involved in all aspects of aviation, and the event is collaboration with Walt Disney World. Theme Park packages for trade show participants and their families with licensed childcare available […]