This week we visit Kansas! Some of the biggest names in aviation have roots in the Sunflower State, including Clyde Cessna, Walter and Olive Ann Beech, Al Mooney, Clyde Stearman, and Bill Lear. During World War II, Wichita was a key site for Boeing’s production of the PT-17 Stearman and the famed B-29 and these plants still produce aircraft today. On the space side, 4 astronauts come from Kansas, and 15 Kansas suppliers support NASA’s Orion spacecraft.
This week we visit Oregon! The Beaver State has often served as a training ground for astronauts. When it comes to aviation, the state was home to famed pilot Tex Rankin.
This week we visit Minnesota! We discuss Robert Gilruth—the first Director of NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center plus famed aviator Charles Lindbergh.
This week we visit California! From the dawn of aviation to the present day, the Golden State has played an important role innovating new Air and Space technologies.
This week we visit Wisconsin! The Badger State was the home of airpower pioneers and famed astronauts alike, also the location of EAA's massive Airventure airshow in Oshkosh.
This week we visit Iowa! Even though it is landlocked, the Hawkeye State played a big role in naval aviation history
This week we visit Texas! The Lone Star State has played a huge role in advancing American airpower and spacepower.
This week we visit Florida! Home of Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center, plus Pan Am and redefining the notion of air travel.
This week we visit Michigan! The Great Lakes State—famous for being a center of automobile manufacturing—was also an important hub...
This week we visit Arkansas! The “Natural State” was the home of Louise Thaden, a pioneering female aviator who set multiple flying records, including the women’s...
This week we visit Missouri! We discuss the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, the Mercury and Gemini capsules for NASA, the F-4 Phantom, and the F-15 Eagle.
This week we visit Maine! Learn about the "Vacationland's" contributions to the Artemis program, the Civil Air Patrol, plus the group's role helping secure the eastern coastline during the conflict.
This week we visit Alabama! Learn about the incredible contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen, who fought a dual war against both discrimination and Axis forces during World War II.
This week we visit Illinois! Learn how the USS Wolverine and USS Sable and the Henry Crown Space Center at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, where visitors can see the Apollo 8 Command Module, Mercury 7 capsule, and a SpaceX dragon capsule.
This week we are visiting Mississippi! Astronauts, Stennis Space Center and NASA’s Rocket Propulsion Test Program Office. Plus, the Key Brothers and the pioneering area of operations for Huff Daland Dusters—a crop dusting company that would go on to become Delta Air Lines.