Rider on the Storm
Rider on the Storm: In the summer of 1959, a pair of F-8 Crusader combat jets were on a routine flight to Beaufort, North Carolina with no particular designs on making history. The late afternoon...
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Aches on a Plane: Alongside Memphis International Airport in Tennessee there lies a sprawling complex filled with hundreds of miles of conveyor belts, thousands of employees, and millions of parcels. A...
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Pushed to the Limit: On the morning of 15 September 1952, Captain James Robinson Risner sat in the cockpit of an F-86A Sabre and scrutinized the clear azure skies. He was leader of a flight of four...
View ArticleAndrée and the Aeronauts’ Voyage to the Top of the World
Andrée and the Aeronauts’ Voyage to the Top of the World: On the 11th of July 1897, the world breathlessly awaited word from the small Norwegian island of Danskøya in the Arctic Sea. Three gallant...
View ArticleWhite Death
White Death: In April of 1938, representatives from the USSR approached the Finnish government and expressed a concern that Nazi Germany could attempt to invade Russia, and such an attack might come...
View ArticleWelcome to the Jungle
Welcome to the Jungle: In 1744, a young geographer living in Spanish-colonial Peru with his wife and children decided the time had come to move the family back to his native France. Jean Godin des...
View ArticleUp in the Air
Up in the Air: As night fell over the East German town of Pössneck on the evening of 14 September 1979, most of the town’s citizens were busy getting ready for bed. But not Günter Wetzel. The mason was...
View ArticleThe Petticoat Rebellion of 1916
The Petticoat Rebellion of 1916: On a December morning in 1916, the polls opened in the small town of Umatilla, Oregon, for a municipal election. As the day stretched on, the town’s men drifted in and...
View ArticleThe Voyager Golden Record Experience
The Voyager Golden Record Experience: In 1977, in response to a fortuitous alignment of the outer planets of our solar system, NASA launched space probes Voyager 1 and 2 to tour the outer planets and...
View ArticleThe Reconstruction of Ulysses S. Grant
The Reconstruction of Ulysses S. Grant: In the second half of the 19th century, few Americans were better known–and revered–than the man whose face looks out today from the $50 bill. Ulysses S. Grant...
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