🚀✈️ Today, August 19th, we celebrate National Aviation Day! Established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939, this day honors the pioneering spirit of Orville Wright, born on this day in 1871. Along with his brother Wilbur, Orville they made history in 1903 with the first successful airplane flight. Fast forward 121 years, and aviation continues to break boundaries as we now set our sights on exploring the limitless realm of outer space!
“Air Force Col. Brent Toth needed to stay awake into the wee morning hours as he prepared for an upcoming marathon mission that would usher him and a crew around the world in less than 48 hours.”
“For several days in late June, Toth, the commander of the 22nd Operations Group at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, relied on his Netflix queue to stay awake, adjusting his sleep cycle to go to bed around 3:30 a.m. local time and waking up around noon.”
Read the full story in AirForceTimes by Courtney Mabeus-Brown July 10 2024
On this date December 17, 1903 the Wright Brothers made the first flight of a powered aircraft, the Wright Flyer near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Read the full story along with some great photographs in Airways Magazine here.