On April 17, 1934, the de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide took to the skies for the first time. With its graceful biplane ...

On April 18, 1952, the Convair YB-60 took to the skies for the first time. Developed as a jet-powered evolution of the B-36 Peacemaker, the YB-60 boasted eight turbojet engines and a sleek swept-wing ...

These were the first airplane passenger flights in history.” Crouch’s Museum colleague, early-flight curator and Wright scholar Peter Jakab, concurs with this choice of aircraft ...

Delta Air Lines is the first major carrier in the U.S. to turn 100, so it's a good opportunity to take a tour through its ...

He was also the first Texan to have his license revoked. Between his first flight in 1912 and his death in 1956, Rodgers was a barnstormer, a stunt pilot, a parachutist, an aerial bootlegger ...

They carried out many of their scientific experiments in the backroom of their store, and the majority of the parts used in the first successful airplane were constructed there. In 1899 ...

In Japan and the United States, we are taught that the Wright brothers were the first to achieve powered flight. In 1903, the Wright brothers made history by successfully flying a manned aircraft ...

However, there was another U.S. fighter plane that served in the Korean conflict that wasn’t nearly as famous as the aforementioned trio but nonetheless made history in its own right ... of the ...

Local aviator Fred Wiseman made the historic mail flight in 1911 between Petaluma and Santa Rosa. Local museum honors him and ...