Historian Chaplin (The First Scientific American) provides an enthralling exploration of Benjamin Franklin’s little-remembered but most commercially successful invention. The Continue reading ...

Using newly-uncovered sources, the documentary filmmaker and journalist explores Amelia Earhart's life and marriage to ...

In “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman, the saga of wartime American women pilots comes vividly to life.

This July will mark the 80th anniversary of Amelia ... old aviator was seen pulling up to the hotel in a small blue coupe and honking for the bellboy to take her bags. “She wore no hat on ...

From a curious Midwestern girl to a legendary aviator, Amelia Earhart's life was a daring pursuit of freedom, flight, and ...

(Submitted by Kim Winsor) Artists and aviators alike say they remain stunned by the theft of a statue depicting Amelia Earhart in Harbour Grace, while a Newfoundland and Labrador company is ...

It cemented her place as the most famous female aviator in the world. Amelia Earhart is probably the most famous female ... blouses, pants, suits, and hats, initially using her own sewing machine, ...

On June 1, 1937, famed American aviator Amelia Earhart left Miami with hopes of becoming the first woman to fly around the world. She had a reason to be optimistic, having successfully flown ...

A sonar image suspected of showing the remains of the plane of Amelia Earhart, the famed American aviator who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937, has turned out to be a rock formation.

Pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart in cockpit of her Lockheed Electra 10-E, circa 1937. (courtesy photo/Purdue University Libraries via Amelia Earhart Hanger Museum) (CN) — In a small Kansas city on ...

When asked why the aviator has held his attention for so long, his answer is simple: “She was an inspiration.” Fireworks explode during the Amelia Earhart Festival in Atchison, Kansas ...

Several of the jackets were informed by designs Marlene Dietrich commissioned from Dior, and one model sported the top hat ... aviator jacket and tweed skirt that looked like a nod in Amelia ...