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...ther elite military training environments, including the Army Aviation and Aviation Logistics community. It is called blood pinning in the United States Marine

The AAF administered all parts of military aviation formerly distributed among the Air Corps, General Headquarters Air Force, a ...he AAF succeeded both the Air Corps, which had been the statutory military aviation branch since 1926, and the GHQ Air Force, which had been activated in 1935

...king a mayday call in United States airspace are encouraged by the Federal Aviation Administration to use the following format, omitting any portions as necess Sometimes the phrase "declaring emergency" is used in aviation, as an alternative to calling "mayday". For example, in 1998 Swissair Fligh

...set against the background of World War I. Later issues added non-fiction aviation articles, as well as articles and plans for model airplanes. The latter bec ...ican air aces. The movie led to numerous similar films, and a plethora of aviation-oriented pulp magazines followed.<ref name=sch91>Schreiner, p.91</ref> Nic

...nger makes the scenery equally as wonderful inside the mine. If you are an aviation fanatic like me you will also want to check out the crash landing of the fl

...area. During the mid-eighties, these activities were broadened to include aviation-related events such as air shows, barnstorming, historical reunions, and jo ...f WWII. The P-51 is arguably the finest fighter aircraft in the history of aviation.

...come unstuck". It is now commonly used in the French language in regard to aviation (as when an airplane lifts off the ground). More recently the term has been

image:Physical examination 1918.jpg|Physical examination of aviation recruits, Washington, D.C. (1918).

..., and electrical appliances in the lives of millions in the Western world. Aviation soon became a business. Nations saw rapid industrial and economic growth, a

...ment with aerial refueling. Question Mark established new world records in aviation for sustained flight (heavier-than-air), refueled flight, sustained flight

...it sometimes broadcast in prime time. The show also became an icon in the aviation community. Many pilots, including American astronauts, grew up watching Sky ...leading to a level of believability not found in other TV series involving aviation or life in the Western United States.

...those Americans' reputations. Among the anti-interventionist Americans was aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh. Supporters of Lindbergh's views would claim that

...ncho" Barnes''' (July 14, 1901 - March 30, 1975), was a pioneer of women's aviation and the owner of the celebrated [[The Happy Bottom Riding Club]] located on ...was her grandfather, Prof. Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, who had pioneered American aviation with the establishment of the Union Army Balloon Corps during the American

...became the owner and editor-in-chief of the magazine, which is the largest aviation magazine in Scandinavia.

Oliver experienced an event in February 1959 that underscored her later aviation accomplishments. She was a passenger aboard Pan Am Flight 115, a Boeing 707 ...et Union denied her permission to enter its air space. She wrote about her aviation exploits and philosophy of life in an autobiography published in 1983.

Jonas becomes an aviation pioneer and his wealth grows. Flying across the country, always busy with n ...orld War II is creating a huge demand for warplanes and Jonas buys another aviation plant. He calls Monica to help him find and re-hire her father, to run the

...Modernization" - a program to upgrade a WWII-era fleet to a 1959-1960 era aviation, weapons and electronics systems</ref> program, which gave her updated rada

'''Fate Is the Hunter''' was a 1961 bestseller by aviation author Ernest K. Gann. Autobiographical, though reading at times like an ad

In aviation, airline/charter pilots who serve as Pilot in command are usually addressed

During the mid-1950s, Aviation Corporation of America (AVCO) leased one-quarter of the hotel to house a ne