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On December 23, 1986, "Voyager" completed the first nonstop, non-refueled flight around the world. A unique aircraft constructed almost entirely of lightweight graphite-honeycomb composite materials and laden with fuel, "Voyager" lifted off from Edwards Air Force Base, California, at 8:01 a.m. on December 14, 1986. It returned nine days later at 8:05 a.m.

On Dec. 23, 1986, the experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, completed the first non-stop, around-the-world flight without refueling as it landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base in California

Networks of human minds are taking citizen science to a new level

These interviews share what the community thought of the Wright Brothers. Includes a QuickTime movie clip from a silent movie reproduction of the first flight.

With water all around us in Seattle, the float plane offers incredible freedom. This video is about the history of seaplanes at Lake Union, which is unique because it is in the middle of Seattle and hosts a variety of watercraft all sharing the lake. Enjoy this video on a fascinating form of aviation set in the scenic beauty of the NW.

Featured in the James Bond flick "Octopussy", the Bede BD-5 is the world's smallest jet aircraft.

Inspirational story about a remarkable young women pilot

"Being greener at school There are many environmentally-friendly things you can do at school or college to help protect the planet and prevent climate change. These include setting up recycling schemes and finding greener ways to travel to and from school."

"Lindbergh Does It! To Paris in 33 1/2 Hours; Flies 1,000 Miles Through Snow and Sleet; Cheering French Carry Him Off Field Crowd Roars Thunderous Welcome Breaks Through Lines of Soldiers and Police and Surging to Plane Lifts Weary Flier from His Cockpit Aviators Save Him From Frenzied Mob of 100,000 Paris Boulevards Ring With Celebration After Day and Night Watch -- American Flag Is Called for and Wildly Acclaimed "

"Wright Flight offers a variety of programs which use aviation as a motivation. Typically, a student enrolled in the program sets an academic or behavioral goal he or she contracts to improve. The contract also stipulates the student must pass the Wright Flight aviation history course in addition to remaining drug and alcohol free"

Arthur "Kit" Murray, the test pilot who in 1954 became the first pilot to fly above 90,000 feet, and see Earth's curvature in flight in a Bell X-1A,

"Fleming was a Scottish bacteriologist and Nobel Prize winner, best known for his discovery of penicillin"