It all began with a toy helicopter for Christmas for Wilber and Orville Wright. The boys played with it until it broke. Then they tried to make their own helicopter. Fascination soon took flight for the Wright Brothers. With that spark, nearly twenty years later, they started putting together the beginnings of successful air gliding. […]

The day had been peaceful, with sunshine and a breeze over Pearl Harbor. That would all change at 7:48 am in Hawaii on Sunday, December 7th, 1941. That morning sailors were just waking up and casually eating breakfast, running drill, and so many other different things. Unfortunately, that was not something that they would continue […]

What is International Aviation Day? It is a day in which we celebrate the impact that civil aviation has had on a global schedule. The day that we recognize for this is December 21st every year. Every four years a new theme is given. Currently the theme is “75 Years of Connecting the World.” The […]

As Thanksgiving is just around the corner, let’s look at one of the most famous unsolved cases, in not just American history, but in the world. The entirely interesting case of the only FBI unsolved Air Piracy crime. The subject, Dan Cooper or D.B. Cooper as the media portrayed him to be. So, what are […]

Five years ago, Global Leasing Day had their very first recognized event. The event is to recognize those within the aviation and finance community of 6.2 billion that engage in the leasing business across the globe every year. Before the event occurred the first time, over twenty-three thousand individuals supported this day in aviation.  This […]