In honor of National Aviation Day, which was August 19th, this blog is dedicated to all great things aviation! Before we get into it, we just want to say a big thank you not only to our aviation members, but also to all aviationers out there! For the pilots and cabin crew who put their lives on the line every day, the engineers who make it all possible, the teachers and trainers, and everyone else, thank you!

Fun Aviation Facts:

• In 1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed August 19th National Aviation Day
• The Concord flew to Oklahoma at least twice
• Everything in this picture blog!
• All of the Boeing 747s have traveled a collective 35 billion miles. That’s equivalent to 75,000 trips to the moon and back!
•  Everyday there are approximately 200,000 flights around the world!
• More than 80% of people report being afraid of flying to some degree
• The longest paper plane air flight was almost 30 seconds!
• Everything in this blog!

Sources:

http://www.surpriseride.com/blog/extra-fun/24-fun-facts-aviation/

http://newsok.com/its-national-aviation-day/article/5441084/3