History of Flight
Patrick Worden
Latest Articles
The Rise of Commercial Aviation - Part One
How did the U.S. civil aviation system evolve? This article takes a look at the birth of the largest commercial air transport net in the world.
Special--A Look at the Mid East Today
Palestinians vs. Israelis: whose case is strongest?
How the administration of George Bush Sr. spent $30 billion on an aircraft that was never built. Dick Cheney called it a "model program."
Although UAVs as surveillance and gunnery spotters are now decades old, the offensively armed UAV first seen over the skies of Afghanistan have for all time changed how air war is waged.
Air Safety - America's Achilles' Heel
The crying need for modern, sensible airline and airport security did not begin on September 11th. It simply became acute.
FOLLOW UP: D.B. Cooper...Identified?
One of HoF's most popular pieces has been last year's analysis of D.B. Cooper's 1971 skyjacking. Now, with new information supplied by Jo Weber of Pace, Florida, we just might be able to solve one of the most important parts of the puzzle: D.B. Cooper's identity.
Another Current Events special feature. This article takes a look at the new phenomenon of bioterrorism that has swept the U.S. since October 4th.
SPECIAL---History in the Making
An analysis of the counterattack mounted by U.S. and British forces on Sunday, October 7th, 2001.
The Bloody Ordeal of FedEx Flight 705
How a routine flight of a Federal Express DC-10 nearly became one of the most destructive acts of air piracy in history.
August 6, 1945-8:15 a.m. local time-the age of atomic warfare begins.
This article follows the flight of the Enola Gay, looks at the science and the politics that preceded her, and at the aftermath that came in her wake.