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The histories of the Dodge Main plant and the city of Hamtramck, Michigan, are as interconnected as gears on a machine. The factory brought jobs, residents, and tax revenue to [...]

A Cessna O-2's night reconnaissance mission turned tragic on Christmas Day, 1967. Near the Demilitarized Zone, Maj. Jerry Sellers (pilot) and Capt. Richard Budka (observer) received a radio message about [...]

SATELLITES TOOK PHOTOS OF THE SOVIET UNION. HOW TO GET THOSE PICTURES BACK TO EARTH? The briefing took place at 7:00 a.m., and two hours later a Fairchild C-119J Flying [...]

'Inventor of the GTO. Father of the DeLorean. Lover. Huckster. Genius.' This was a 2014 Road & Track headline describing Michigan-native John Z. DeLorean. His legacy as an extraordinarily talented [...]

Motown turned out a slew of gifted musicians and musical acts in the 1960s and 1970s. From Stevie Wonder to the Supremes, the Temptations to Smokey Robinson, their sounds helped [...]

In August 1953, General Motors (GM) had its back against the wall A devastating fire had destroyed its Hydra-Matic transmission plant in Livonia, Michigan. The loss of that critical facility [...]

IT WAS OVER QUICKLY. ON APRIL 15, 1969, A NORTH KOREAN MIG-21 SHOT DOWN ON UNARMED U.S. NOVA LOCKHEED EC-121M RECONNAISSANCE PLANE OVER INTERNATIONAL WATERS. All 31 on board--30 sailors [...]

THE MID-1920S WAS AN ERA MARKED BY AVIATION CHALLENGES, AS PILOTS PUSHED THEMSELVES AND THEIR AIRPLANES TO THE LIMIT ON RECORD-BREAKING FLIGHT ATTEMPTS. In April 1924 four Douglas World Cruiser [...]

Visitors to Oscoda, Michigan, might pass the Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport, located near US-23 and Lake Huron. The airport today has private aviation, various businesses, and residential housing, but it is best [...]

Suzanne DeLano Parish was a true Renaissance woman: a highly skilled aviator, talented equestrian, generous philanthropist, and gifted actor. In Western Michigan, Parish's influence can still be felt--most notably through [...]

The list of the Vietnam War's iconic aircraft--with the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter-bomber, Bell's UH-1 'Huey' helicopter and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber usually near the top--doesn't often [...]

Detroit-native Neal Vernon Loving was born on February 4, 1916. Although his father was a trained optometrist--and the first African American to pass Michigan's optometry test in 1925--the senior Loving [...]

Very little of the World War II-Era Willow Run bomber plant in Southeastern Michigan remains today, but the once-massive manufacturing complex endures as a symbol of the extraordinary grit, fortitude, [...]

EASTERN Grosse Ile is a quiet, peaceful island between the United States and Canada--bound by the Detroit River and Lake Erie to the south. About ten miles long and one [...]

The U.S. sent spy satellites to take pictures of the Soviets back in the 1960s. But how did the film get back to [...]

Hmong the aircraft on display at the Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Museum near Kalamazoo, Mich., is a beautiful hand-built Sopwith F.1 Camel reproduction. An extraordinary chain of events led [...]