Airborne Pioneers: Connecticut Takes Flight
November 8, 2012
Daring flights and first-of-a-kind inventions mark the state’s 200-plus-year history of taking to the skies. …[more]
Archive for aviation (14 results)
Road Signs of the Air
April 16, 2013
In the 1920s, when aviation was still in its infancy, most pilots navigated using road maps and by following highways, rivers, and other landmarks that they could see from the air. …[more]
Categories: Exploration and Discovery, Invention and Technology, Transportation, World War II
Igor Sikorsky and his Flying Machines
August 3, 2012
This Russian émigré not only invented a machine capable of controlled vertical flight, he also re-invented his aviation career along the way. …[more]
Categories: Invention and Technology, Stratford, Transportation
Igor Sikorksy Dies – Today in History
October 26, 2012
On October 26, 1972, aviation pioneer Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky died at his home in Easton. Founder of the Sikorsky Aviation Corporation, Sikorksy moved the company to Stratford in 1929, and …[more]
Categories: Easton, Invention and Technology
A Diversified Mind: Hiram Percy Maxim
March 15, 2012
No matter his field of endeavor—from automotive design and acoustics to wireless radio and aviation—this multitalented creator had a hand in key developments of the early 1900s. …[more]
Categories: Hartford, Invention and Technology, Science
From the State Historian: Discovering the Explorer Hiram Bingham III
January 7, 2013
Of all the Connecticans who have left their mark in distant places, perhaps none made a more lasting—or more controversial—impression than this explorer. …[more]
Categories: Exploration and Discovery, New Haven, Politics and Government, Salem
The Early Years of the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company
November 9, 2012
Wasp and Hornet engines secure the reputation and success of this 1920s start-up venture. …[more]
Categories: Business and Industry, East Hartford, War and Defense, Work, World War II
World War I Flying Ace Raoul Lufbery
November 20, 2012
Although his time as a Connecticut resident was short, this aviator left his mark on Wallingford and a generation fighter pilots. …[more]
Categories: Wallingford, War and Defense, World War I
A Busy Airfield in Bethany
April 7, 2013
In 1920, a small airplane landed in a flat, open field one mile north of Bethany Center in Connecticut. It was a field conveniently located near the center of the …[more]
Categories: Bethany, Everyday Life, Popular Culture, Transportation
Looking Back: the First “Aero Planes”
September 9, 2012
New flying machines drew excited crowds to the 1911 opening of a new bridge between Saybrook and Old Lyme. …[more]
