January 28, 1986

The space shuttle U.S Challenger explodes just after takeoff killing all member of its crew.

Crew of U.S. Challenger (Standing in back) Mission Specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, Teacher-in-Space participant Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist Greg Jarvis and mission specialist Judy Resnick. (Sitting in front) Pilot Mike Smith, commander Dick Scobee and mission specialist Ron McNair.

Pan Am Makes The Going Great

January 21, 1970, the first Boeing 747 commercial flight is made by Pan America World Airways on its New York to London route.

(Photo of aircraft on the ground at London Heathrow Airport.)

(Pan Am 747 luggage tag.)

"Tomboy Of The Air"

October 23, 1910, Blanche Stuart Scott ( (1885 – 1970) becomes the first woman in the US to solo an aircraft. She was also the only woman taught to fly by aviation pioneer and aircraft builder Glenn Curtis.

At the end of 1980 the US Postal Service issued an commemorative stamp in honor of Blanche Stuart Scott.

It Was Sixty-eight Years Ago Today

The Roswell UFO Incident .

Aviation Photos From The Past (2)

Amelia Earhart and Fred Bonfils at Denver Municipal Airport (1931).

Denver Municipal Airport (1938)

Charles Lindbergh (second from left) at Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado (1927).

Aviation Photos From The Past

American Airlines aircraft at Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale, California (1937).

Louis B. Mayer (man at left) with his wife and two other people at Palm Springs Airport, Palm Springs, California(1930s).

Amelia Earhart at United Airport in Burbank, California (1932).

Amelia Earhart at United Airport,  Burbank, California (1932).