Downtime for Floatplanes A Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher (left) and a Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 sit in a hangar at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in 1942.

Triumph Group shares soard to a new 52-week high on Tuesday after the aircraft manufacturer and repair company said it would purchase Vought Aircraft from the Carlyle Group, a Washington D.C ...

What You Need to Know: The Vought V-173, or “Flying Pancake,” defied traditional aircraft design with its flat, flying-wing shape. Invented in the 1930s by Charles Zimmerman, the V-173 was ...