The great war 2:18 Guns 3:43 Escaping Tragedy 5:25 Power (and engineering) 6:22 Pilot (Manfred Von Richthofen) 7:05 Range 7:32 Evolution (Speed) 9:31 Faster is Better (The beginning of WWII) 11:13 The ...

Next time you’re eating a sandwich on your holiday flight, pause to think about something. The aircraft type you are flying ...

Historical records indicate that 2nd Lt. J.T. Lawson and Pvt. Joseph Reade had been practicing tailspins over the newly ...

Fighter planes get a lot of press. Fast, sleek, and impossibly advanced, the image of the knights of the sky dueling to the death in their cockpits is a highly romanticized facet of aerial warfare.

Jettly reports on the evolution of Air Force One, highlighting its role in shaping private aviation standards and ...

ST. HELENA — To Mike Nieman, the smell of his large Pratt & Whitney “Wasp Major” radial aircraft engine running is “the smell of victory.” “That smell is of a working engine that made this country ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This collection consists of duplicate ...

Dallas, TX, March 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) and the Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center (NAEC) announce the return of its highly anticipated Victory ...

We humans love to label everything we can, especially everything we make. You visit an art museum, and nearly every painting and sculpture bears its creator's signature. The same is true for military ...

Lawmakers want the secretary of defense to brief Congress on how sending military aircraft to air shows affects recruiting and readiness, as well as study the effect of bringing those planes to ...

All 55 occupants of Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 died when it crashed mid-air with a Bolivian Air Force fighter jet in 1949. Facebook screengrab from the Arlington Historical Society A catastrophic ...