Japan's first flight closely followed America's, inspired by the Wright Brothers' groundbreaking achievement. Many nations, ...

Some airplanes flew with less power than a lawnmower -- literally. These 10 aircraft prove flight doesn’t always need brute ...

Wilbur and Orville Wright ... The brothers took turns piloting the aircraft at Kitty Hawk that month, and a coin toss determined who would be at the controls on the morning the plane first ...

Sleek airliners transporting passengers at supersonic speeds and reasonable prices over land could help restore some of the ...

Long before the aircraft was invented, ramming tactics were employed in both naval and ground warfare. As the name suggests, ramming consists of using one vessel’s body to damage another’s body, much ...

Sleek airliners transporting passengers at supersonic speeds and reasonable prices over land could help restore some of the thrill of flying.

It’s an electric airplane—common enough in RC modeling, but still an oddity in the passenger-carrying world. Electric flying is going to be something like my flight this morning: not trying to ...

the world's first practical fixed-wing aircraft made its seminal sustained flight in an Ohio cow pasture called Huffman Prairie, outside Dayton. A grandniece to the pioneering Ohio brothers, Amanda ...