Learn about the Mikoyan-Gurevich I-225, the Soviet high-altitude fighter prototype that first flew on July 21, 1944, and ...

Explore a collection of historic aircraft, each with its own unique background and place in aviation history. The video ...

Aircraft ownership is often a form of stewardship, as planes outlive their owners, leading to a desire to uncover their extensive, often undocumented histories. The author personally experienced ...

Aviation is more than a technical practice; it's a profound human passion filled with dreams, struggles, and unique experiences from the cockpit. Aviation literature, extending beyond technical ...

Flailing in the dark: aeronautics before the 19th century -- Starts and stops: aeronautical progress in the 19th century -- The real beginning: the Wright Flyer -- Seat-of- the-pants design: the era ...

What's the most iconic airplane in history? Some might say it's the unmistakable pointy-nosed speedster Concorde, or perhaps the World War II superstar that was the innovative Supermarine Spitfire.

To manufacture thousands of airplanes for its World War I allies, the United States would fell acres of spruce. Preston Lerner Spruce was essential to the construction of more than 4,000 Curtiss JN-4D ...

John J. Montgomery sits at the controls of his 1911 monoplane glider, in which he flew about 50 times in Evergreen Valley in San Jose. Montgomery, a native of Sutter County, is a key California ...

Jessica Cox, the first licensed armless pilot, collaborated with an Ocean County aviation group to construct the first foot-operated airplane.