aviation history 
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SOURCE: History.com
1/13/20
'Broken Arrow': When the First U.S. Atomic Bomb Went Missing
Since the demolition crew’s report was top secret, no word emerged about the whereabouts of the missing atomic bomb. Were there clues in the wreckage that the bomb had in fact been released prior to impact?
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SOURCE: Linn's Stamp News
8/19/19
Cal rodgers’ 1911 coast-to-coast flight in Vin Fiz Flyer biplane
by Ken Lawrence
Calbraith Perry Rodgers performed one of the greatest feats in early aviation history when he completed the first transcontinental trip by air from Sept. 17 to Nov. 5, 1911.
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7/7/19
Flight Girls: Remembering World War 2's Women Airforce Service Pilots
by Noelle Salazar
"I was stunned by anecdotes of bravery, death and outright misogyny. And I was baffled the subjects of these stories had tried to be heard, but still, seventy-seven years later, for the most part were unknown to the greater public."
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SOURCE: NY Times
5/8/19
Celebrating the First Trans-Atlantic Flight. No, It Wasn’t Lindbergh’s.
A Navy seaplane flew from Queens to the Azores in 1919, eight years before the Spirit of St. Louis. It took three weeks. It was not nonstop.
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SOURCE: Air & Space Magazine
Accessed 4/2/19
A family photo album illuminates a landmark in aviation history
by Marc Wortman
The First Airplane to Cross an Ocean
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SOURCE: Washington Post
2/2/19
She made history as a Navy pilot. An all-female squadron just flew over her funeral.
Capt. Rosemary Mariner, who died Jan. 24, broke barriers throughout her career, opening doors for other women.
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