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

When one thinks of early aviation history, several names come to mind: the Wright brothers, the flying aces of the Great War, Charles Lindbergh of transatlantic fame, and Amelia Earhart ...

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

Earlier this month, more than 12,000 runners raced through the streets of Beijing in a half marathon— accompanied by more ...

the brothers used a catapult when testing their next-generation flying machines so they could quickly reach the velocity needed to achieve liftoff. (Though a few brief wobbly flights, Wright ...

The Air Force's F-102 Delta Dagger was a novel concept in theory, but in reality, it was a potential danger to the pilots who flew them. Here's why.

“Brave Bessie” was born in 1893 less than a dozen miles from the Arkansas border in the northeast Texas community of Atlanta. Her father, who was three-quarters Cherokee, returned to his reservation ...

The Grand Junction school’s thermal energy network has caught the eye of Colorado officials, Xcel Energy, and more.

Aeronautical engineering is a branch of aerospace engineering that focuses on the design, construction and upkeep of aircraft and related systems.

A Springfield air mobility event is returning in October for its fourth year, with the addition of an aircraft race last seen in the 1920s. The National Advanced Air Mobility Forum will be held Oct. 8 ...

Flying “by the numbers” is something we ... feels everything in his tuchus and is guided by the spirit of the Wright brothers along with Bob Hoover’s never spilling a drop while inverted ...