
US Patent 2008734 covers all, or does it?
The “Spirit and Scope of my invention” are the words Philip Van Horn Weems used ...

Walter Mittelholzer Pioneering Aerial Photographer
Walter Mittelholzer pioneering aerial photographer, made his way through aviation as a photographer, performing regular ...

Ruth Nichols Aviatrix
Ruth Nichols Aviatrix, was an exceptionally skilled pilot, humanitarian and tenacious individual. Destined for a ...

Roger Q Williams Pathfinder
Referred to as a ‘Natural-Born Flyer,’[1] Roger Q. Williams Pathfinder, first found recognition in the ...

The last three ALL silver Hour-angles
In Stephanie Lachat’s beautiful book Longines through Time, she notes that the very last generation ...

Co Pilot and Navigator Jack Lambie
Jack Lambie After Dick Merrill’s famed 1936 “Ping Pong Flight” fell short of its intended ...

Barnstorming Dare Devil Clyde Edward Pangborn
Clyde Edward Pangborn first found fame in the aviation circuit through Barnstorming. Flying circuses were ...

The First Generation Hour-angle or “Lindbergh”
The Longines Hour-angle watch is history’s most famous pilot watch and improved upon the Weems ...