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Tallest height allowable for USAF pilots: 6’7”
Heaviest powered paraglider pilot: 440 pounds
Highest max takeoff weight: Antonov AN …

The Backstory The popular story of who flew first is easy. It was the Wright Brothers, at Kill Devil Hills …

First woman to receive a pilot’s license, worldwide: Raymonde de Laroche, March 8, 1910 (France)
Other aviation accomplishments: women …

The Myth
While flying is something that creatures other than people have been doing for millions of years, we’ve …

Nickname of first plane capable of flight: Flyer
Nickname of first successful seaplane: Hydravion
Three planes with unofficial nickname of …

With the recent introduction of a podcast, Missing In Alaska, about the 1972 disappearance of a Cessna 310 twin-engine …

One sunny January morning, arriving for a Ninety-Nines meeting at the Norwood Memorial Airport (KOWD), I was greeted by …

Year that the term VLJ became widely used: Around 2000
Widely accepted definition of VLJ: Sub-10,000 pounds, single …

First military flight training: 1908, Fort Myer, Maryland
First students: Lieutenants Frank Lahm and Frederic Humphreys
First trainer aircraft: Signal …