On November 21, 1916, pilot and inventor Lawrence Sperry was flying over Long Island’s Great South Bay with his student ...
Man truly took to the air for the first time 105 years ago this December, setting off a chain of innovation that made human flight normal and even made space flight possible. This week New Scientist‘s ...
The first Boeing 737 was rolled out in 1965, and after a few major modifications, it became the popular 737-200. Its replacement was another variant, now called “classic” 737s, the first of which flew ...
A cabin pressure monitor (CPM) developed by NASA engineer Jan Zysko was named NASA's top commercial and government invention for 2003, the agency said. The CPM, patented by NASA, is a hand-held device ...
PORTAGE – The Air Zoo is not just about vintage airplanes. The 36-year-old museum is expanding programs and broadening exhibits including some which don't include aviation. "We have always been about ...
Aircraft inventor Moulton "Molt" Taylor, the man who put Longview on the aviation map with his car that flew, is being memorialized in the Washington state Aviation Hall of Fame. Taylor is best known ...
Technology companies large and small employ creative individuals to develop new inventions. Many utilize formal processes to document and protect, via the patent system, inventions that are conceived ...