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Curtiss aircraft sales representative and flight instructor Lawrence Leon won hearts, minds, and aircraft orders in interwar Argentina through the power of his personality and excellence as a pilot.
Before Patrick Leonini was a museum specialist for the National Air and Space Museum in the Photography department, he spent 24 years in the United States Air Force. He reflects on his career experiences in the military as an airfield manager, working in and around aircraft, crews, and ground support personnel.
When the Boeing 747 first came out, it revolutionized the already revolutionary Jet Age. We're looking back on the more than 50 year history of the original Jumbo Jet.
AirSpace is looking up! We're exploring how we hang really, really big, priceless artifacts from the ceiling in the museum.
A new online interactive experience from the National Air and Space Museum explores the history of the USS Shenandoah
One hundred years after the first U.S. Navy airship took to the skies, zeppelins and blimps are poised to make a comeback
The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center turns 20.
When an aerobatic pilot wanted to fly right up to the limit, she chose an aircraft that proved to be a model of instability
Foam 331's new display at the Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center honors first responders
On August 19, 1942, Fairchild Aircraft Division of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation opened Plant 7, the first unit in the company to employ Black workers, both men and women, as part of their WWII aircraft manufacturing efforts. In late 1944, Plant 5 at Wilson Boulevard and Kuhn Avenue, manufacturing corrugated parts for the Martin PBM Mariner, replaced Plant 7 as the designated plant for Black employees. A rich, yet incomplete, record of their wartime service can be found in the Fairchild Industries, Inc. Collection at the National Air and Space Museum Archives.