DAVID MELENDY
The first issue of Time magazine was published on March
3, 1923. It was the first weekly news magazine in the United
States.
Yale alumni Henry Luce and Briton Hadden sought to
revolutionize news delivery by creating TIME, a news
publication that offered concise and informative articles.
Lt. Edward Henry (“Butch”) O’Hare took off from the aircraft
carrier Lexington in a raid against the Japanese position at
Rabaul and minutes later became America’s first WWII flying
ace, shooting down five enemy bombers.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt congratulates Lieutenant
(j.g.) Edward H. O’Hare, United States Navy, on being
presented the Medal of Honor (below) at the White
House, Washington, D.C., 21 April 1942.
Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry O’Hare
(March 13, 1914 – November 26, 1943
O’Hare went missing in action on November 26, 1943, and
was declared dead a year later. His widow Rita received
her husband’s posthumous decorations, a Purple Heart
and the Navy Cross on November 26, 1944.
(FOX NEWS) – Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound
barrier for the first time ever on Tuesday during a test blight,
ushering in a new era of supersonic flight.
The jet exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave Air and
Space Port in California for its highly anticipated 12th test flight.
That marked the first time the XB-1 demonstrator aircraft, soaring
above 34,000 feet, has ever reached the staggering speed.
Boom Supersonic chief test pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandonburg
(below) flew the jet.
Mojave Air and Space Port.
TIM MAGUIRE
Concorde G-BOAA takes off from London Heathrow on
its first passenger service to Bahrain.
Concorde entered service on 21 January 1976 with Air
France from Paris-Roissy and British Airways from
London Heathrow.
Air France flew its last commercial flight on 30 May 2003
with BA retiring its Concorde fleet on 24 October 2003.
British Airways Concorde crew.
Concorde flight deck.
The passengers onboard British Airways Concorde.
The Concorde passenger cabin at the Museum of Flight near Seattle.
In the first flight of its kind, American aviatrix Amelia Earhart
departed Wheeler Field in Honolulu, Hawaii, on a solo flight
to North America. Hawaiian commercial interests offered a
$10,000 award to whoever accomplished the flight first.
The next day, after traveling 2,400 miles in 18 hours, she
safely landed at Oakland Airport in Oakland, California.
