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  • Parachute saves early test pilot

    One hundred years ago, a Type A parachute saved the life of Lt. Harold Harris - the first time a manually operated parachute saved the life of a pilot.

  • This Week In AFLCMC History - October 17 - 23, 2022

    This week's 'Heritage Hangar' has a mix of events from across the history of our enterprise, from the 1910s to the 2000s. It concludes with a feature about a technology developed by our predecessors in Dayton that was part of a significant "first," for which aviators from Charles Lindbergh to Neil

  • This week in AFLCMC history - April 25 - 29, 2022

    This week's "Heritage Hangar" spans nearly the entire first century of military aviation, including armament and engines, with a couple of systems that AFLCMC still manages. Information includes a brief introduction to one of most important technologies to come out of our predecessor organization at