On this day in aviation history, 79 years ago (November 11, 1946), the first flight of the Sud-Ouest SO.6000 Triton took ...

Agricultural aviation began in 1921 with an experimental Curtiss JN-6 "Jenny" flight, quickly evolving into a specialized industry that included the precursor to Delta Air Lines. The industry saw ...

On November 13, 1907, Paul Cornu's experimental helicopter made aviation history with the first free rotary-wing flight.

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Editors’ note: This story originally was published Sept. 25, 2019. Boeing’s Renton plant has seen a lot of aviation history come and go in its nearly 80 years of operation. Long before the recent ...

From the myth of Icarus to the sketches of Leonardo Da Vinci's ornithopter, humanity has looked to the sky since first watching birds take wing. History is dotted with ill-advised attempts to achieve ...

We take aviation for granted, with airports for every city, jet routes to every popular destination, and private jets for luxury travel—but the business jet is a fairly new invention. The military ...

Paul Allen’s Visionary Spacecraft Launch Aircraft Has Perfect First Flight. The world’s largest aircraft, the Stratolaunch Launch Systems Stratolaunch, flew for the first time on Saturday, April 13, ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. At the Sullenberger Aviation Museum, Terry and Glenda Billings watched their 2-year-old grandson Devin touch miniature planes on an ...

Modern aircraft are testaments to engineering progress since the dawn of commercial aviation last century. However, there are some puzzling circumstances of planes that have gone missing. With ...

When you think of military air power in the United States, your first thought is probably the Air Force. After that, maybe you think of the Navy, no doubt helped by the popularity of the 1986 film Top ...

Taking to the skies has expanded our mobility in extraordinary ways. Journeys that once took days or months now take a matter of hours. Airplanes and helicopters are amazing machines that serve as a ...