On this day in aviation history, February 25, 1941, the massive Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant (Giant) combat glider made its first flight. Being the largest assault glider of WWII, the name Giant ...

Entering service late in the war, the Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe—German for “Sparrow”—was the world’s first operational jet fighter, setting the standard that the world’s air forces ...