From to fragile propellers and floating fire hazards, to stacks belching out plumes of thick, black smoke. These aircraft ...

With dozens of unique and rare aircraft, the San Diego Air and Space Museum offers a surprisingly comprehensive look at the history and future of aviation.

We take a look at ten of the deadliest air crashes in aviation history: Tenerife disaster: The worst accident in the history of aviation, in terms of number of deaths is the Tenerife disaster.

On September 1, 1940, the North American P-64 (NA-68) made its first flight. Originally destined for Thailand, the aircraft ...

The Golden Age of Aviation of the 1920s and ’30s was characterized by the ascendancy of female pilots — though they had to ...

Uncover Aviation History by Helping to Transcribe Smithsonian Collections The papers of pioneering pilot William Powell is a good place to start.

On September 3, 1932, Jimmy Doolittle set a world airspeed record of 309.04 mph in the Gee Bee R-1 at the Cleveland National ...

Agricultural aviation began as gritty farm work but has grown, driven by innovation, into a high-tech endeavor.

109 years ago, an aircraft took off from a US Navy warship. These are some memorable developments from the history of carrier aviation.

Airbus' new zero-emission concepts reveal the direction of the aviation industry's planes of the future — here's why today's aircraft aren't cutting it ...