The Nord 500 was France’s ambitious attempt to create a high-speed VTOL transport and attack aircraft using twin ducted fans ...

Why is a bomber built in the 1950s still one of the most feared weapons in the skies today? Discover the incredible story of ...

It takes determination and a lot of hard work, in addition to a serious effort scrounging parts, to rebuild a classic military aircraft. Tucked away in a hangar at Birchwood Airport such a project ...

When Lockheed designed the C-130 Hercules in the 1950s, a company engineer, Kelly Johnson, said they’d be lucky to sell a hundred. Out on the tarmac in Marietta, Georgia, Lockheed Martin’s Tony Frese, ...

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Boeing produced the DC-8 aircraft in the 1950s. In reality, Douglas made the DC-8. It wasn't until 1997 that Boeing merged with the ...

WASHINGTON -- Despite acquisition difficulties caused by an inter-service rivalry with the U.S. Air Force and the technological immaturity of the U.S. helicopter industrial sector, Army Aviation's ...

Until I heard from Carlos Gomez, I hadn’t given much thought to agricultural aviation, more commonly known as crop dusting, and its relation to the South Bay. Gomez mentioned his father Antonio once ...

The Midway-class aircraft carrier was instrumental in American naval operations around the world spanning from the end of ...

The tendency to pitch up violently, or enter an uncontrollable dive at the stall led to pilots flying the approach into ...