When Floyd B. Odium’s Atlas Corp. bought control of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. from Financier Victor Emanuel in 1947, Odium expected a rough ride. Like other investors in aviation, he knew ...

You might think things are pretty weird and dumpster fire–like in 2025 — what with the president posting AI-generated photos of himself as a buff Jedi, freerunners jumping around tall buildings for ...

Lt. Burgess Meredith sitting at his desk at Tarrant Field during World War II (ca. 1943-44). Courtesy UT Arlington Special Collections/Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection Our Uniquely Fort Worth ...

Frustrated by failures during the prototype phase, Convair rebuilt the F-102 from top to bottom. For an aircraft that had already begun test flights, the changes were profound. But the... The F-102 ...

George Owen Kelbert, 97, went home to the Lord on March 13, 2025 with his family at his side. He will be missed not only by family but also countless friends and acquaintances who became friends.

The biggest merger in U.S. aviation history last week got off to a fast start. Not a minnow, but a pickerel of an industry began to swallow a whale. Vultee Aircraft, Inc. announced that it would buy ...

Learn about the experiences of women supporting World War II efforts in the memoir “Slacks and Calluses.” Constance Bowman Reid Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled ...

MAY, ANNIE LOUISE (LAMB), 86, died Friday, September 19, 2003. She was born in Delight, AR, on June 25, 1917. She moved to Florida with her husband in 1948 and to Orlando in 1949. She was a life long ...

Today the Russian Aerospace Forces operates the Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting name “Bear”), a long-range bomber that first entered service in 1952. It remains the only propeller-powered bomber in ...

Hill is an attorney and a philanthropy consultant. She lives in Point Loma. Not a day goes by that I don’t thank my dad for moving to San Diego. He was a big thinker, brilliant and brave — especially ...