CORONADOCORONADO — Naval Air Station North Island, where in 1911 Glenn Curtiss trained the Navy’s first pilot, heralds itself as the “birthplace of Naval Aviation.” The command established a century ...

For many San Diegans, Jan. 26, 1911, marked a landmark moment in aviation history. On that day, pioneering aviator Glenn H. Curtiss made what is recognized as the first successful seaplane flight in ...

Some of the earliest seaplanes were built in Brighton city centre, carried down to the beach and launched into the sea. Pioneering engineer George Herbert Volk (known as Bert) had a workshop in the ...

It was ballistics that really killed the M-70, and most of the other exotic bomber concepts of the 1950s and early 1960s. Here's What You Need To Remember: Before the advent of ICBMs, nuclear bombs ...