While watching the 1996 blockbuster movie Twister recently, I couldn’t help but notice what is supposed to be a tornado warning from 1969 (which, according to IMDB, might in fact actually be a 1970s-era warning from Tulsa TV station KWTV) airing on the TV in the background while the young Jo Harding (Helen Hunt’s character in the…
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A History of Night Flying, Part Three: The Early Jet Age Years (1945-1978)
In case you missed the first two posts in this series, you can find Part I here and Part II here. And without further adieu, here’s Part III in this series about the history of night flying: The early Jet Age years. *Please note: For simplicity’s sake, I’m staying focused on the civilian aircraft industry in this…
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A History of Night Flying, Part Two: The World War II Years (1939-1945)
In case you missed my first blog post about the history of night flying, you can read that here. Now on to part two: Night flying during the World War II years. Regular “red-eye flight” services as we know them now were still not possible during the 1940s due to the lack of availability of night-flying…
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A History of Night Flying, Part One: The Early Years (1910-1941)
This is the first in a series of blog posts I’d like to share about the history of night flying. This series is by no means a comprehensive or authoritative history of aviation at night, but rather some insights from history about milestones and technological developements in the world of aviation that have made…
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