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Celebrating The First Nonstop Transatlantic Flight

Newspaper with headline story about the first nonstop transatlantic flight

PEACHTREE CITY, USA – On June 14, 1919, British aviators Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown made history by completing the world’s first nonstop transatlantic flight.  Flying a modified Vickers Vimy twin-engine bomber, they departed St. John’s, Newfoundland, and…

Artemis II Revives Lunar Exploration

A rocket ship leaves Earth's orbit

PEACHTREE CITY, USA –  NASA’s Artemis II mission marked a major milestone in human space exploration, sending astronauts on the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years during its historic April 1–11 space mission.  The four-person crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor…

Remembering the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’

A commercial aircraft floats on a body of water, with people standing on its wings and evacuation slides

PEACHTREE CITY, USA – January 15th marks 17 years since the “Miracle on the Hudson” water landing of US Airways Flight 1549 by Captain C.B. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger, saving the lives of 155 souls on board. 57-year-old Captain Sully, an airline…

Honoring Jimmy Doolittle for National Aviation History Month

WW2 era photo of military men on the deck of an aircraft carrier

PEACHTREE CITY, USA – November is National Aviation History Month, which is dedicated to exploring, recognizing, and celebrating America’s contributions and achievements in aviation. Aventure would like to recognize Jimmy Doolittle, one of America’s most accomplished aviators and a pioneer…