Enjoy views of the Moon, along with other night sky objects, at the Udvar-Hazy Center, weather permitting. Astronomy Program Observe the Sun DC Metro Area Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 pm to 3:00 ...

This habitat box was used twice for student experiments aboard the Space Shuttle. It housed 3300 honeybees on the STS 41-C mission in 1984 and numerous houseflies on the STS 51-D mission in 1985. Many ...

Many people consider the P-51 Mustang the best fighter of World War II. Its combination of speed, range, maneuverability, and firepower gave it great versatility. Its use in all major theaters of the ...

Dragonflies and other flying insects flap their paper-thin wings very fast to help them fly. Their bodies are thin and sleek.

The PLF1A-2 was the first high bypass (6:1 bypass ratio) fan engine run in North America. Lycoming's high bypass fan engine concept evolved from a 1950s series of conceptual studies directed to better ...

In the early 1950s, the U.S. military established a requirement for a high thrust, low weight, mechanically simple jet engine that could perform efficiently at Mach 0.9 cruise and Mach 2.0 combat ...

During World War II, all the major powers fielded fast, versatile, twin-engine medium bombers of varying quality. Yokusuka (pronounced 'yo-koos-ka') designed the P1Y Ginga for low-altitude torpedo and ...

To exploit air travel's popularity and to explain the new radio range system in an easily understood manner, Parker Brothers introduced "Flying the Beam" in 1941. The object of the game was to be the ...

Honored by: Maj Gen Philip J. Conley Jr. Col. Conley was a 1980 distinguished graduate of the Air Force Academy and the Academy’s first female graduate. She received her pilot wings in 1982 and served ...

1310 take offs from a aircraft carrier. 1300 carrier landings between 1967 – 1968. Call sign Mad Dog. A6 was his plane. CV61 the US Ranger. Class of 66 was his military class – OCS Aviation. 69-70 ...