Sunday, January 18, 2026

Lex Anteinternet: Tuesday, January 18, 1916. First all metal aircraft.

Lex Anteinternet: Tuesday, January 18, 1916. First all metal aircraft.: The Junkers J 1 made its first flight.  The aircraft was an experimental craft that was the first practical all metal aircraft.  Only one wa...

Tuesday, January 18, 1916. First all metal aircraft.

The Junkers J 1 made its first flight.  The aircraft was an experimental craft that was the first practical all metal aircraft.  Only one was built.

Last edition:

Monday, January 17, 1916. Female marksman.

Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, January 18, 1911. First landing on a ship

Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, January 18, 1911. First landing on a s...: Eugene Burton Ely landed a Curtiss biplane on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania. It was the first such landing in history. Last edition: Satu...

Wednesday, January 18, 1911. First landing on a ship.

Eugene Burton Ely landed a Curtiss biplane on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania.


It was the first such landing in history.

Last edition:

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Lex Anteinternet: Friday January 14, 1916. The Royal Flying Corps requires escorts.

Lex Anteinternet: Friday January 14, 1916. Collins resigns British ...: Michael Collins resigned from his employment in London at the Guaranty Trust Company n order to return to Ireland.  He was already a clandes...

Friday January 14, 1916. Collins resigns British employment.

Michael Collins resigned from his employment in London at the Guaranty Trust Company n order to return to Ireland.  He was already a clandestine Irish revolutionary.

Severe flooding caused dikes to burst at Zuiderzee, Netherlands.

The Royal Flying Corps ordered that reconnaissance planes have an escort of at least three fighters flying in close formation with them, and that a reconnaissance aircraft must abort its flight if even one of the three fighters becomes detached from the formation for any reason, due to highly losses from Fokker Eindeckers.

Friday, December 5, 2025

Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, December 5, 1945. Flight 19.

Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, December 5, 1945. Flight 19.

Wednesday, December 5, 1945. Flight 19.

The legendary aviation mystery of Flight 19 occurred when five Grumman TBFs disappeared in a training flight between Florida and Bermuda, together with a PBM Mariner that was sent to look for the missing aircraft.

The PBM is believed to have exploded.

No doubt because none of the aircraft have ever been found, the mystery remains an enduring and popular one, and it is part of the Bermuda Triangle set of myths.

The French government nationalized five banks.

Last edition:

Monday, December 3, 1945. A Walk In The Sun.

Saturday, November 22, 2025

Lex Anteinternet: The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You

Lex Anteinternet: The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You: The Secretary of Transportation has taken a lot of flak for this, and I'm not fan of the Trump Administration, but you know, I don't...

 

The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You

The Secretary of Transportation has taken a lot of flak for this, and I'm not fan of the Trump Administration, but you know, I don't think the message here is wrong by any means.


And, fwiw, I hate seeing people in pajamas in public, whether its on an airplane, or Walmart.