The airplane was adopted as a stop-gap measure by the American doughboys.
When the United States military went “over there” to take on the Huns (the Germans) during the First World War, what it lacked in equipment it more than made up for in determination. However, it weapons were needed for the Americans to do the fighting.
This meant that Americans often relied on foreign equipment, and in the case of aircraft the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) used what it could get. After the French rejected the Nieuport 28C.1, which was introduced in mid-1917, in favor of the far sturdier and more advanced Spad XIII, the newly arrived Americans adopted the Nieuport 28 as a stop-gap measure.
Museum of Flight Space Mavens Offer Insights from Earth to Mars
Museum of Flight Space Mavens Offer Insights from Earth to Mars
An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. Photo NASA.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover lands on the Red Planet Feb. 18, and the Museum of Flight is hosting two live, online panel programs to prep and cover the landing with NASA JPL Mars mission engineers. The preview discussion on Feb. 11 includes Mallory Lefland, JPL Flight Controller, who will be on duty with NASA Mission Control for the rover landing; and on landing day, Feb. 18, the program includes Bill Cahill, the program manager for the MR-80 rocket engines that will power the descent stage bringing Perseverance to the surface of Mars. Both programs are free and online.
Finding resilience in the Pacific Northwest’s historic hurdles
Why the latest Mossback’s Northwest special focused on the times Washington state has bounced back from adversity.
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For this year s Mossback special, our video team headed to the Museum of Flight. (Stephen Hegg/Crosscut)
It has been a rough last year, no question.
We’ve been dealing with political turmoil, a pandemic, economic difficulties and still trying to get through the challenges of workdays and personal lives, often in isolation.
I love history, the good and the bad. It gives me context and perspective. It holds lessons. Last summer, when meeting with Stephen Hegg, the producer of the
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MIAMI – Road trips are great. There’s nothing like jumping into the car, getting out of town, and seeing the wonders of the world – leaving your cares and worries behind and having experiences that will make for great stories to tell when you get back home.
In this chaotic, messed-up start of 2021, wouldn’t it be awesome to combine the joys of road tripping, indeed an American tradition, with seeing some of aviation’s greatest achievements?
Most fans of commercial aircraft would agree that one of the high points of aviation history was the advent of Concorde. From its first flight in March 1969 to its sad demise in 2003, the mere opportunity to simply lay eyes on one of the supersonic beauties was cause for excitement.