Aviation Alights in Washington Birth of the FAA

Credit: Courtesy of the FAA
The history of aviation has been punctuated by a serious of stunning technical breakthroughs, from the Wrights' first flight and Sir Frank Whittle's discovery of the power of the turbojet, to Igor Sikorsky's mastery of the vertical ascent and Chuck Yeager's smashing of the sound barrier. However...

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