Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flying a biplane is a throwback experience from the first decades of the last century, when barnstormers roamed the country, ...

The concept still demonstrates its strong, lightweight structure and excellent maneuverability at low speed. Many people are aware—consciously or instinctively—that the world’s first successful ...

A throwback to early 20th Century aviation may hold the key to eliminating the sonic boom - at least according to researchers at MIT and Stanford University. Strongly reminiscent of biplanes still in ...

The Wright Brothers started this little fad back in 1903 called, "flying a heavier than air powered aircraft." It would eventually grow into the world of flight that we see today. The great news is ...

In November 1939, the USSR invaded Finland after this country refused to give up some territory that the Soviets demanded. The aggressors deployed at least 2500 aircraft against a handful of outdated ...

Its initials stand for Scout Experimental, but the S.E.5a was one of the most effective fighters of World War I. Philip Makanna For the cover of the premier issue of Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine, ...

Navy aircraft carriers, and the airwings they bring with them, have projected US power around the world for decades. That airwing has evolved, and its pilots have flown some of the most advanced ...

Textron Aviation's G36 Bonanza recognizes 75 years of production of the popular Beechcraft piston single with more than 18,000 Bonanza variants having been delivered. When Textron Aviation announced ...

— Peter Bowers brought more than new investment to a struggling aircraft manufacturer two years ago. The former executive with a Portage aluminum extrusion company made the job of running WACO Classic ...