If Hollywood is searching for the subject of the next hit miniseries, the first black American fighter pilot Eugene Bullard should definitely make the... more >
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Your destination for stories and insights on all things aviation and aerospace.
What's New in the Collection?
November 7, 2021
As 2nd Lt. Walston B. Ten Eyck of the 96th Aero Squadron prepared to fly a bombing mission on October 27, 1918, he had no idea what the day would hold.... more >
Miniature Museum Treasures
November 3, 2021
Scale models open a miniature window into worlds long gone, once top-secret designs or visions of the future. They tell stories that otherwise couldn’t be... more >
Eugene Bullard, the First African American Fighter Pilot and Veteran of Two World Wars
January 18, 2021
Eugene Bullard (1895 – 1961) was among the first black military pilots in the world. There were around five black military pilots in World War I, and... more >
And the Oscar Goes to . . . Wings!
January 22, 2019
In February, Hollywood’s finest will gather in Hollywood for the film industry’s most important event: the Academy Awards, and the Best Picture winner... more >