On January 6, 1944, the McDonnell XP-67 Moonbat made its first flight, marking an ambitious but troubled attempt to create a ...

On January 5, 1917, the Sage Type 3 made its first flight, an experimental British trainer designed for the Royal Naval Air ...

Jan. 1 marks the 112th anniversary of the first commercial airline flight. It happened on a short jaunt from St. Petersburg ...

Flailing in the dark: aeronautics before the 19th century -- Starts and stops: aeronautical progress in the 19th century -- The real beginning: the Wright Flyer -- Seat-of- the-pants design: the era ...

On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first powered, sustained, and controlled flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer. After their final and longest flight, ...

Rare Smithsonian artifacts are on display at museums across the country. Mark Strauss This SR-10F Reliant, one of only 18 of this model, participated in airmail pick-up experiments for All American ...

Richard Schilberg was an aviation pioneer whose early efforts in Stuttgart made him Arkansas' first acknowledged aircraft manufacturer. Schilberg was born on Sept. 28, 1887, at Canada, Kan., the son ...

Subaru has indeed made airplanes — and still does. The story starts just 14 years after the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903 — one of the top moments in aviation history — when engineer Chikuhei ...

MANTEO, N.C. (WAVY) — The Wright Brothers National Memorial will host an event on Dec. 17 at 8:30 a.m. to celebrate the 122nd anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first flight. The event will feature ...