Today in aviation history

According to Google Search, “the word ‘avion’ is French (and Spanish) for ‘airplane’ but its meaning ultimately comes from the Latin word ‘avis,’ meaning ‘bird’. This connection to ‘bird’ is reflected in the English adjective ‘avian,’ which means ‘of, relating to, or characteristic of birds’”. Happy Thanksgiving fellow ECAHFer’s. I hope you’re enjoying being with […]

Good Sunday evening fellow ECAHF’ers. Below information, unless noted otherwise, is courtesy of the Goodfellow Historical Foundation. Nationally, in the United States, November is Aviation History Month. Our ECAHF mission is centered on the celebration and preservation of aviation history and heritage, so let’s review a few early November aviation history tidbits to celebrate Aviation

Good afternoon fellow ECAHF’ers.  Some of us might disagree with some or all of the political messaging of the political satire site, the Babylon Bee, but those still retaining even a little sense of humor have got to admit one of the latest Bee headlines, “Trump takes out Noah’s Ark claiming it was a drug

The Short-Lived Airline That Shuttled Sightseers to America’s National Parks National Parks Airways only lasted for 10 years. by Evan Nicole Brown April 30, 2019 The Short-Lived Airline That Shuttled Sightseers to America’s National Parks Good morning fellow ECAHF’ers.  Happy October and federal government shutdown!  Let’s hope the political bickering ends soon.  Our National Parks are

Good afternoon fellow ECAHF’ers, Those of us on the ECAHF BoD and members of our great Foundation younger than 70 might not know much of actor James Dean, nor much about the “Mother Road”, Route 66.  And, I doubt they will remember watching the iconic TV show, “Route 66” that helped make the road so

Good morning and Happy Labor Day fellow ECAHF’ers.  My wife, Arlene, and I have been reminiscing about our first jobs today.  How about your first jobs? Mine was washing dishes and pots and pans at a local “greasy spoon” restaurant, named “Paul’s and Hazel’s” when I was 11 or 12.  I don’t have a pay

Downloaded on July 25, 2025 from: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-first-helicopter-was-far-far-ahead-of-its-time/ar-AA1F4HcC                                Helicopter designed by George De Bothezat, making descent at McCook Field after remaining airborne for two minutes, 45 seconds. Public domain. Twenty years would pass before anyone improved upon the performance of Jerome

World’s First Weather Forecast Published                                                                                 Robert FitzRoy. Alamy Stock Photo Good morning fellow ECAHF’ers and

Downloaded July 25, 2025 from:  space.com By Hanneke Weitering On July 25, 1984, the Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to embark on a spacewalk, also known as an extravehicular activity (EVA). She spent three hours and 35 minutes doing welding experiments outside Russia’s Salyut 7 space station with her colleague Vladimir Dzhanibekov. They

When we were kids in the 1960’s, we’d run next door from our grandmother Mary’s home in Beford, Ohio at 20 Harrison Street (Mary was my dad’s mom) to Mary’s sister’s home, to visit our great aunt Luella who lived catacorner to her sister Mary on Broadway .  Aunt Luella was a widow but always