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Hazel Raines (1916-1956)
An accomplished aviator, Hazel Raines was the first woman in Georgia to earn a pilot's license. She began her career as a stunt flyer, performing in daring aviation shows. As one of the first female...
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Entomopter Artificial Insect
One of the most unusual transportation systems ever envisioned may be the Entomopter, a robotic "artificial insect" that would fly and navigate using two sets of flapping wings powered by a chemically...
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Inman Family
The Inman family is representative of those members of the planter class who lost much of their wealth during the Civil War (1861-65) but recouped their fortunes in a postwar urban environment. They...
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Charles Lindbergh in Georgia
In 1923 Charles Lindbergh flew his first solo flight at Souther Field in Americus. He visited Georgia again in 1927 as part of his triumphal tour in the Spirit of St. Louis, the plane in which he made...
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Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
Georgia's coast is more than 100 miles in length. Its most impressive natural feature is the chain of barrier islands that fringe the shoreline. Separating the islands from the mainland is a belt of...
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Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, based in Savannah, is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics. Since 1958 the company has produced more than 2,000 aircraft for corporations, governments, and...
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Maule Air
Maule Air, Incorporated, based in Moultrie, is a family-owned aircraft manufacturing company that produces single-engine, four-place STOL (Short Takeoff Or Landing) aircraft. Founded in 1941, Maule Air...
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Lockheed Martin
Georgia's aircraft industry has played a vital role in the nation's defense and has been a central factor in the state's economic resurgence since World War II (1941-45). The arrival of the Bell...
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Railroads
Georgia's first railroad tracks were laid in the mid-1830s on routes leading from Athens, Augusta, Macon, and Savannah. Some twenty-five years later, the state not only could claim more rail miles than...
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John D. Gray (1808-1878)
John D. Gray was the first major railroad contractor in the South. As John D. Gray and Company, he and his brother William C. Gray constructed railroads in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,...
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