Aviation - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

“Girl Pilot”: Mary Goodrich Jenson Breaks Barriers in Aviation and Journalism

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Bradley Airport’s Military Origins

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Boone Guyton Tested the Limits of World-Famous Aircraft

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Bradley Field Enters the Jet Age

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A Busy Airfield in Bethany

Plainville Has Been Flying High for Over 100 Years

Road Signs of the Air

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Charles Ritchel and the Dirigible

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The Early Years of the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company

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World’s First Helicopter – Today in History: September 14

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Parachutist Snagged in Midair – Today in History: September 13

Bradley International Airport Transforms Windsor Locks into Regional Gateway

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Pratt & Whitney Debuts Wasp Engine – Today in History: December 24

Helicopters, Guitars, and Guide Dogs: The Revolutionary Mind of Charles Kaman

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Igor Sikorsky Dies – Today in History: October 26

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Airborne Pioneers: Connecticut Takes Flight

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Flying High with Early Dirigible

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“Something to Show for Our Work”: Building Brainard Airport

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Hometown Hero: Wallingford Remembers Stanley Budleski

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The First Yale Unit: How U.S. Navy Aviation Began

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Hamilton Wrecks Aeroplane – Today in History: April 22

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World War I Flying Ace Raoul Lufbery

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John H. Trumbull: Connecticut’s “Flying Governor”

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Igor Sikorsky and his Flying Machines

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Hamilton Breaks Air Records – Today in History: June 13

Silas Brooks, Balloonist

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Looking Back: the First “Aero Planes”

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Connecticut Daredevil Andrew Mamedoff Joins Royal Air Force

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