Pilot Tim Plunkett conducted an aerial photoshoot of his replica Fokker Dr.I, a World War I fighter, over Florida's Spruce Creek Fly-In. The triplane is painted in the historic 1917 colors associated ...

One look at the GA-1 and even a casual observer would question whether the cumbersome aircraft was airworthy. In 1919, a three-year old aerospace company based in Seattle, Washington would be awarded ...

For me, drones are completely missing the point. I mean, they're a great camera tool for making movies and even car reviews. But when they came out, I just thought they were really cool RC helicopters ...

World War I is like the cradle of the aeronautical industry. Before that, people weren't sure what planes were good for, and they certainly didn't know they could be used to kill each other. The red ...

Diminutive and nimble, the Fokker Dr.1 was Germany’s answer to the British Sopwith Triplane during the Great War over the skies of Europe, and was a favored mount of one of history’s most famous aces.

Two years in the making, a replica Sopwith Triplane has become a highlight of the permanent exhibition at the Metoděj Vlach Aviation Museum in Mladá Boleslav, Czechia. Vladimir Handlik and the ...

The triplane will forever be remembered as an icon of early aviation—thanks in large part to Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the “Red Baron.” Today, more than a century after ...

The Great War was a fascinating time for airplanes – the Wright brothers had just recently invented the airplane in 1903, and militaries found out mounting machine guns (only after figuring out how ...