Ever since the earliest days of aviation, pilots had to wear appropriate clothing to keep warm at altitude. This was especially true during World War I, when most aircraft had open cockpits. From this ...

William “Bill” Hanchett was a Berkeley-educated history scholar. He was a civilian historian for the U.S. Air Force and for more than 30 years taught U.S. history at San Diego State University, where ...

The cockpit of the Millennium Falcon looks like pure science fiction, but its layout and feel are rooted in a very specific World War II machine. Long before Han Solo and Chewbacca were flipping ...