Archive for 'Flight'
This Week in History: Charles Lindbergh Crosses the Atlantic
By Thomas McNulty Golden Gazette News Charles Lindbergh, a twenty-five-year-old barnstorming pilot, became an overnight sensation as a result of his nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic (May 20 and 21, 1927). Lindbergh flew nonstop in [...]
Valhalla and Puhjola Invade Popular & Pulp Fiction
By Lee Barwood, Golden Gazette News Every mythology has a special place where its heroes go after death. In Norse mythology, it’s Valhalla. In Finnish, it’s Puhjola. Valhalla (the name means “hall of the slain”) is [...]
This Week in History: US Post Office Authorized to Issue Postage Stamps
by Golden Gazette News On March 3, 1847, the Post Office Department was authorized to issue postage stamps. You might say, didn’t mail always have stamps? The answer is no. When mail was first being sent [...]
Female Aviators Inspire Pulp Fiction Adventures
By Thomas McNulty, Golden Gazette News It began with a “wing and a prayer” during those early years of flight. From the time when the Wright Brothers took their experimental aircraft aloft at Kitty Hawk, North [...]
This Week in History: The World’s First Female Pilot Licensed
On March 8, 1910—Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris, France becomes the first licensed female pilot. While some pulp fiction writers may have stereotyped women as “damsels in distress” (waiting to be rescued by a chunk [...]
This Week in History: Finland & The Winter War
On February 29, 1940—Finland initiated Winter War peace negotiations. The Winter War is a relatively obscure piece of military history—it did not receive the astronomical amount of publicity that battles in England, France, Germany or Japan [...]
This Week in History: The First US Transcontinental Air Mail Flight
February 22, 1921, is the anniversary of the first US transcontinental air mail flight. It was an exciting event at the time and it captivated America, for this was history in the making—mechanized flight was finally [...]
Pulp Fiction and a Brief History of Aviation
In 1930s America you didn’t need a ride to the airport or a boarding pass to fly from one place to another. What you needed was courage and a lot of imagination. Flying was dangerous and unpredictable. Landing in [...]
The Famous Newsreels of the 20th Century
In the air adventure tale Trouble on His Wings, Johnny Brice is a hardworking “picture-chaser” for the newsreels, who is always on the go to get the hottest news faster than anyone else. While today news is [...]
The Origin of Aerial Photography
The origin of aerial photography is an adventurous story. French photographer Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, known as “Nadar,” was the first to attempt taking pictures while airborne over Paris in 1858; it helped that Nadar was not just [...]
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