Discover the story of the Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-155-P1, the prototype that led to the legendary MiG-25 Foxbat, one of the fastest and highest-flying military aircraft ever built.

Learn about the de Havilland DH.88 Comet, the revolutionary British racing aircraft that first flew on September 8, 1934, and ...

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The U.S. military-industrial complex has developed hundreds of planes since the start of World War II. As aviation engineers pushed the boundaries of known science and engineering, they occasionally ...

Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Index; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Setting the scene; Chapter 2: From an idea; Chapter 3: In the beginning; Chapter 4: Under new ...

The aviation pioneer had studied engineering at the University of Illinois, but left his studies to fight in the 370th Illinois Infantry Regiment in France during World War I. After being gravely ...

Daher-Socata, tracing its origins back 100 years to Morane-Saulnier, has achieved a century of continuous aircraft production, developing 94 models and manufacturing over 17,000 aircraft. The company ...

The former Wichita Municipal Airport terminal, completed in 1935 with New Deal funding, was one of the nation's busiest airports in the 1940s, hosting figures like Amelia Earhart and serving as a key ...

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 ...

Houma made aviation history this week through a drone affectionately named "Chappy." Chappy's accomplishment has many ...

Each pin is a miniature work of art, bearing the brand logo and rich with symbolism in engraved detail. We would not have believed that so much history could be stuffed into so small a package, but ...