The experimental XF-12 Rainbow could take continuous photographs from 8 miles up as it sped cross country in the 1940s.

The incredible industrial might of American aircraft manufacturers helped turn the war against the Axis.

Arnel J. Cronkhite and his aeorplane at a 1911 automobile show in Cedar Rapids. One of the features of the March 13, 1911, automobile show was the flying machine invented and built by Cronkhite.

Flailing in the dark: aeronautics before the 19th century -- Starts and stops: aeronautical progress in the 19th century -- The real beginning: the Wright Flyer -- Seat-of- the-pants design: the era ...

On December 3, 1945, Lieutenant-Commander Eric Melrose Brown made aviation history by launching and landing a de Havilland ...

Pilots have been doing barrel rolls in small planes throughout the history of aviation. But has anyone ever attempted this maneuver in a commercial airliner? When you purchase through links on our ...

Electric vehicles are very much a thing these days, but electric aircraft not so much. Even if there are plenty of companies working on developing such contraptions, the low speed at which things are ...