While the official US involvement in World War I (WWI) did not occur until April of 1917, unofficially the US volunteered military services as part of a squadron known as the Escadrille Lafayette or Escadrille Americaine, as part of the French Air Service.
To take a leap of faith is to jump without knowing how one will land, either physically or metaphorically. For some, purposefully jumping from a plane and placing full faith more »
Greetings History, Art, and Culture digitization fans! 
This month we have the rare privilege of highlighting a dramatic turn in the history of early aviation though primary source material from the library at the National Air and Space Museum.
Louis Figuier, Les nouvelles conquetes de la science [The new conquests of science], 1883-85, Tome 1, plate opposite page 430 – "Fig.163: Fig. 163: Bureau centrale telephonique" (Telephone Exchange). In more »
