On October 14, 1938, the Curtiss P-40 made its first flight. Known as the Warhawk, Tomahawk, and Kittyhawk, this iconic ...

On October 13, 1950, the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation made its first flight. The upgraded airliner, developed to ...

Few machines capture the imagination like the sleek silhouette of a German warplane carving through the sky. Whether you ...

History isn’t just about dates and major events - it’s also found in the everyday moments that are so easily forgotten.

Crop dusting originated in 1921 with an experimental flight in Ohio, marking the birth of agricultural aviation. The industry's evolution involved significant advancements, from early biplanes to ...

The era of supersonic flights was ushered in after US Air Force pilot Captain Charles ‘Chuck’ Yeager flew above the sound ...

Editors’ note: This story originally was published Sept. 25, 2019. Boeing’s Renton plant has seen a lot of aviation history come and go in its nearly 80 years of operation. Long before the recent ...

In April 2023, a volunteer restoration team began undertaking a much larger project — converting the aircraft to replicate ...

1975: The San Diego amphibious assault ship USS Okinawa helps evacuate refugees from the U.S. Embassy during the fall of ...

"There were a lot of things that happened before today that gives us the freedom that we have now and that is very important ...

Historian Kurtis Meyers will speak on Hagerstown’s aviation legacy at a public event hosted by the Middleburg/Mason-Dixon ...