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Women in various 1920s flying outfits stand smiling and laughing in front of an airplane. The AirSpace logo is superimposed over top of them.

December 26, 2024

Women Pilots Supporting Women Pilots for Almost 100 Years

Story | AirSpace Podcast

In the lead up to Season 10 we're reviving some of our favorite episodes. Today we bring you Emily's favorite, The Ninety-Nines.

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A large hand-carved teakwood chest with scalloped edges and four round feet. The chest appears to be stained a rich reddish brown. The front panel on the chest has a bas-relief globe pattern flanked by a pair of airplane wings.

December 18, 2024

This Trophy Chest Belonged to Amelia Earhart

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Amelia Earhart's trophy chest will be displayed in the Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight gallery in 2025.

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May 22, 2024

AirSpace Season 9, Episode 2: Tiny Jumper

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Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick was 15 years old when she first jumped out of a hot air balloon with a parachute in 1908. Over the next 14 years she would make over 1,000 jumps, first out of balloons and then as the first woman to jump from an airplane.

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December 28, 2023

AirSpace Season 8, Episode 7 - 31,500 Miles

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In January 1942 a B-314 flying boat operated by Pan American World Airways landed in New York after making arguably the first around the world flight by a commercial airliner. But when they set out from San Francisco in 1941, they never intended to hold that record.

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A military jet powered by twin jet engines lifts off from the deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. The ocean is visible beyond the flight deck.

December 21, 2023

Just Doing Their Jobs

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

In this Air and Space Quarterly exclusive, five U.S. Navy pilots who became the first American women to fly in combat tell their stories.

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Detail of ornate sterling silver trophy sits featuring a gold lined silver cup with an angel arms extended holding a Wright military flyer.

December 20, 2023

Silver and Gold

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The museum's ornate trophy recognizes valor displayed by the men and women of the U.S. Air Force.

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A six-row ribbon that belonged to Chuck Yeager. Each row has a few multi-colored ribbons, representing the different medals awarded to Yeager during his military career. Next to the ribbon bar is a black-and-white archival image of Yeager wearing a U.S. Air Force uniform--with the ribbon bar pinned on the left side.

September 20, 2023

What Chuck Yeager's Medals and Ribbons Tell Us About His Career

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

A ribbon bar in the Museum's collection offers a timeline of the famed aviator’s illustrious military career 

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Astronaut portrait of Guy Bluford.

August 30, 2023

Guy Bluford: First African American in Space

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Dr. Guy Bluford launched on the STS-8 mission on August 30, 1983, becoming the first Black American in space. Bluford served as a mission specialist and his jobs were to deploy an Indian communications-weather satellite, perform biomedical experiments, and test the orbiter’s 50-foot robotic arm.

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Head-on view of an American Airlines DC-3 on the ground, propellers turning.

June 20, 2023

Triumph of the Gooney Bird

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Visitors to the National Air and Space Museum can see a DC-3 that flew more than 56,700 hours for Eastern Air Lines.

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Captain Joseph W. Kittinger parachutes from the gondola of the U. S. Air Force’s high altitude balloon Excelsior I, November 16, 1959. Kittinger jumped from an altitude of 76,400 feet.

June 17, 2023

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

If you think bungee jumping is scary, look at what Joe Kittinger did.

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