Aviation Archives - Appalachian History

1947 airliner descending into Yeager Airport

The largest grading project on a commercial airport ever attempted

Harrison Construction Company of Pittsburgh won the contract for the nation’s heaviest airport grading job in October 1944, in Charleston, WV.

September 3, 2019 Aviation / Ohio

The ship’s rise was carrying her right into the squall

The air pressure and twisting were so great that the ship broke. The control car attached to the underbelly of the airship fell to the ground.

October 12, 2018 Appalachian celebrities / Aviation / West Virginia

I learned how to push a machine without it biting me

On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first man to pilot the Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, above the California desert at Muroc Dry Lake Bed.

Sara Roberta Getty with cumberland evening times behind her

March 6, 2018 Aviation / Maryland / Writers

Voice from the Queen City of the Alleghenies

Sara Roberta Getty (1880-1973) served as Woman’s Editor for the Cumberland [MD] Daily News from 1924 to 1942. She wrote four books of poetry.

June 7, 2017 Aviation / Kentucky

Daring young men in their flying trapezes

By the end of his career, John Paul Riddle had received the British Empire award & been inducted into the Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame.

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