A replica WWI aircraft, the Fokker D.VIII, was involved in a fatal crash at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome on Oct. 5. Here's ...

By Randy Malmstrom Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military aircraft ...

With so many examples to look at, building a solar-powered RC airplane in 2024 should be a snap, surely? The first handicap was that [ProjectAir] is based in the UK, which means dealing with the ...

Red Hook police said that the plane suffered "unknown mechanical issues," causing the engine to catch fire, killing the pilot ...

Electric RC aircraft are not known for long flight times, with multirotors usually doing 20-45 minutes, while most fixed wings will struggle to get past two hours. [Matthew Heiskell] blew these ...

In the three years following the Battle of Midway, the Japanese built six aircraft carriers. The U.S. built 17. American industry provided almost two-thirds of all the Allied military equipment ...

In the battlefield conditions of WW1 this meant an average of 500 rounds a minute with a range of over 3,000 yards or 2,743m. Compare this to the best riflemen and their bolt action, single fire ...

This flight was a real Mickey Mouse operation. An airplane was forced to make an unexpected landing in Denmark when a mouse leaped from a passenger’s meal and began scurrying around the cabin ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

The over-90-year-old aircraft were first developed in the 1930s and became widely used as trainers throughout World War II. Nearly 11,000 Stearmans were built, but only around 1,000 are still flying.

It shows a man posing as a shepherd, making notes on local aircraft activities ... Women war workers in a British steel factory during WW1. World War One created an enormous increase in demand ...

A veteran pilot was killed in a freak midair collision between two vintage airplanes in California on Sunday — with the National Transportation Safety Board probing the crash. Ryder Adams ...