In the 1930s, the Tupolev ANT-25 made history by completing the first nonstop flight from Russia to America. The daring ...

On October 10, 1956, the Lockheed L-1649 Starliner made its first flight. The final model in Lockheed's Constellation line, ...

The year was 1916, just 12½ years after the Wright brothers had their first successful flight at Kitty Hawk. World War I was underway in Europe, and the U.S. would join the fray the following year.

Amelia Earhart was attending a formal dinner at the White House the night of April 20, 1933, when she decided it was time to do something more stimulating than talk to politicians. With her friend, ...