In the early 1930s, engineers and newspapers seriously promoted a transatlantic aircraft designed to function like a flying cruise ship. The concept envisioned a colossal seaplane with a wingspan ...

Crossing the Atlantic in a 1930s-era airliner isn’t a reenactment — it’s a real operational challenge. The aircraft lacks ...

My father used to tell stories about growing up in the 1930s. His family had the only radio on the block and the front porch on a summer night was a gathering place for neighbors of all ages. One ...

Learn about Bivisible flies, the bushy dry flies created in 1926 that remain perfectly suited for Adirondack waters. Easy to ...

David Beito’s new biography on Franklin D. Roosevelt is not the hagiographic nonsense that has dominated the US history ...

“The Goodyear Blimp has really put itself where the people are,” says Dan Grossman, an author and aviation historian. “Of all ...

I WONDER whether this piece ever would be exhumed if it were not an early composition of Wagner. It would be safe to wager one of those apples they sell at every corner that “Der Fliegende Holländer” ...

From his youth, Jack Northrop imagined efficient all-wing aircraft so advanced that technology and power plants needed to support them efficiently were not yet available. John “Jack” Northrop was born ...

Conceived as revolutionary and advanced naval fighter, its design fueled by the rapid advancement in aviation technology at the time, the Vought XF5U project promised a highly efficient and tough ...

Galvin Flying, the oldest flight school at King County International Airport-Boeing Field (KBFI), is closing after 94 years, citing the infeasibility of offering general aviation services at the ...

The Franklin Institute has said a wealthy scion, long vilified for refusing to serve during World War I, gave them a treasured Wright-built plane. His family is challenging that account. Grover C.

BERLIN -- The last flight lifted off from Berlin's Tempelhof Airport late last night, bringing an end to an era of aviation that spanned World War II, the Cold War and the rebirth of the German ...