Happy National Aviation Day 2017!

Happy National Aviation Day 2017! Friends, in 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared this day, August 19th, National Aviation Day. Intending to celebrate the nation’s achievements in aviation, it is no coincidence that today is also Orville Wright’s birthday. As a duly sworn avgeek, it is YOUR DUTY to go out there and do something […]

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VLOG: Janet, the Amazing Fairey Gannet!

As an enthusiastic avgeek, in the back of my mind has always loomed the desire to make the ultimate pilgrimage to aviation’s Mecca, that aeronautical Disneyland called the EAA Airventure, better known to the aviation community simply as, “Oshkosh.” Well, I am proud to say that, this year, I made it. For eight fabulous, fun-filled […]

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Interlude: Happy National Aviation Day!

DID YOU KNOW . . . Tuesday, August 19 is National Aviation Day? Be sure to do something Aviation-y today!! Some cool, esoteric Aviation factoids: Today is Orville Wright’s birthday. On December 17, 1903, Orville piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above the sands of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered […]

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