FreightWaves Classics: Guggenheim funds helped improve aviation and rocketry

Charles Lindbergh and his mother take part in a parade in Detroit in 1927. (Photo: Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University)

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The opening day of the First National Aeronautical Safety Conference took place 94 years ago yesterday – October 4, 1928. The conference was held in New York City and was sponsored by the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics.

Daniel Guggenheim, photographed on August 6,...

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FreightWaves founder acquires Flying, the world’s most read aviation publication

Craig Fuller, the founder and CEO of FreightWaves, acquired Flying, the world’s most widely read aviation publicationfrom Bonnier Corporation. The American enthusiast publisher has owned Flying for over a decade. Flying is a 94-year-old lifestyle publication that focuses on pilots and aviation.

Inspired by Charles Lindbergh’s successful solo Atlantic crossing, William B. Ziff Sr. launched Popular Aviation 90 years ago. It became Flying. Photos: Flying

The acquisition was announced at the annual...

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