The People’s Liberation Army Air Force

The earliest history of Chinese aviation actually began in the United States.

Fuselage of Chinese Shenyang J8-II fighter on display at the Combat Air Museum in Kansas

The Hopkinsville Space Aliens

Today, “unidentified flying objects” are usually associated with extraterrestrial spacecraft, but in the pre-space race days of the 1940’s, they also had a different interpretation: the Cold War was raging, and it was assumed by many that the “discs” were actually some sort of secret Soviet aircraft, on surveillance missions over the US. By the 1950s, however, thanks to scifi movies and sensational books, the idea of UFOs as ET spacecraft was firmly fixed in the public’s imagination. And it was sealed forever by a famous report from Kentucky which made the phrase “Little Green Men” world-famous.

Hopkinsville Space Alien photo from WikiCommons

Florida’s Sinkholes

Billed as a “Geological Park”, Devils Millhopper, in Gainesville, contains a very large sinkhole which houses a profusion of humidity-loving tropical and semi-tropical native plants and wildlife.

Devils Millhopper sinkhole

Icons of Aviation History: P-80 Shooting Star

Rushed into production during World War II, the P-80 Shooting Star was the US’s first operational jet fighter.

P-80 Shooting Star on exhibit at the Warbird Museum in Titusville FL