My Favorite Aviation Destinations in Virginia

by Deanster1983 Although Virginia, as an aviation destination, could appear a shadow of Washington with its world-reknowned National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, half of that magnificent facility truly sits in Virginia itself, and the state’s many other, although smaller sized, sights provide significant aviation focuses, from barnstorming airfields to area capsules. [...]

My Favorite Aviation Destinations in Maryland

by Blyzz Aviation had descended on Maryland, literally, as far back as 1784 when America’s first balloon flight had returned to earth in Baltimore, beginning a long line of flight-related achievements.  Civil war balloons, for example, had constituted the world’s first “aircraft carriers” in 1861, and the world’s oldest, continuously-operating airport, College Park, had been [...]