Ghosts of DC The lost and untold history of Washington
The front page of the Washington Times reported a big local signing in December of 1902 for the Washington Senators. They had inked the Georgetown shortstop, Charley Moran, to a contract Read More »
Washington Senators Secure Moran of Georgetown
Daily Archives: January 30, 2012
A Plane Crash in Anacostia
Came across is crazy photo on Shorpy. This happened on November 9th, 1938 when two aviators, Lieutenant Colonel Leslie MacDill and Private Joseph G. Gloxner burned to death in the worst aerial tragedy in the history of Washington (until 9/11) after their airplane crashed on a street in Anacostia. They had just taken off from Bolling Field and their plane ... Read More »
First Supersonic Transatlantic Commercial Flight Lands at Dulles (1976)
May 20th, 1927, Charles Lindbergh takes off from Long Island, heading east in the Spirit of St. Louis and lands in Paris about 33 hours later, completing the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Almost exactly 47 years later, on May 24th, 1976, two supersonic commercial flight are heading west at twice the speed of sound. One from Paris ... Read More »
