The incredible industrial might of American aircraft manufacturers helped turn the war against the Axis.
The experimental XF-12 Rainbow could take continuous photographs from 8 miles up as it sped cross country in the 1940s.
Arnel J. Cronkhite and his aeorplane at a 1911 automobile show in Cedar Rapids. One of the features of the March 13, 1911, automobile show was the flying machine invented and built by Cronkhite.
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 ...
On December 3, 1945, Lieutenant-Commander Eric Melrose Brown made aviation history by launching and landing a de Havilland ...
Pilots have been doing barrel rolls in small planes throughout the history of aviation. But has anyone ever attempted this maneuver in a commercial airliner? When you purchase through links on our ...