Baldwin's airship in 1907. From Aeronautics magazine (Archive.org)

Image from Nov 23, 1930 Washington Evening Star showing portable rig to hold Navy airship (LOC)

Beachey airship over White House in 1906 (WHHA)

USS Akron over Capitol Hill on March 4, 1933. The Capitol has been set up for FDR's first inauguration (NARA)

1912 Anthony's wireless airship, which was remote controlled by wireless telegraphy (Bain collection LOC)

Just squished down an Abstract submission to 150 words for a University Conference on (well of course I’m doing it on WRAF/WAAF/WRAF) what did anyone think I’d be talking about? ✈️ A small victory before lunch. Thanks OldRailwayAccidents

Wrote something for HistoryExtra On shanties if anyone is wondering about the background of these nautical tunes! ⚓🌊 historyextra.com/period/victori…

Another (perhaps less known) record, from American pioneer aviatrix Amelia Earhart. She was the first woman to fly an autogyro, in December 1930. A little later, in April 1931 and flying this Pitcairn PCA-2, she attained an early altitude record for a rotorcraft...18,415 feet!

The @R34Airship account has been tweeting all day on the centenary of the final 24 hours of HM Airship R.34, leading towards her sad and premature demise overnight between 27th and 28th January 1921. See his account there and on #R34100

Hurricane prototype K5083 1935

It’s not every #Caturday that one of the #CatsOfTwitter gets to tweet back home from Mars! NASA NASA JPL ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

Inside airship R101

#OTD in 1819: An early-type balloon crashes in Paris (France), killing pioneer aviatrix Sophie Blanchard. On a display at Tivoli Gardens she threw fireworks from her hydrogen-filled balloon, which caught fire and crashed. She was the first ever recorded female aviation fatality.

Meanwhile, in 1938 West Wales...

Amazing what tyou spot on the way to work.

Ian Dunt Wait there’s some hope Liz Truss today spoke to Ukraine's President Zelensky about the ongoing crisis. Zelensky promised to provide all the assistance he could.

The cleverest thing that Keir Starmer could do right now is to commit to proportional representation and a full review of our constitutional arrangements. This must never ever be allowed to happen again.

In my role as #houselion, I’m loving my first log fire. #CatsOfTwitter #Caturday