On January 28, 1917, the Junkers J.I flew for the first time, becoming the world's first all-metal aircraft to enter mass ...

On January 24, 1950, the North American YF-93 made its first flight, marking an ambitious long-range evolution of the F-86 ...

She was a groundbreaking aviator who learned to fly after hearing tall tales from a pilot who’d crash-landed on her grandfather’s golf course in Warren Township, New Jersey. Later, she was one of the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF) and History Museum on the Square teamed up to create a new exhibit that is now on display at the airport. The exhibit, titled “History ...

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (WTNH) — Take in decades of aviation history up close and personal at the New England Air Museum in ...

McKeesport native Helen Richey became the first woman to fly a commercial airliner to deliver mail and transport passengers. She was part of what was known as the “air-minded movement.” Richey and ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. At the Sullenberger Aviation Museum, Terry and Glenda Billings watched their 2-year-old grandson Devin touch miniature planes on an ...

You’ve heard of the Wright Brothers and Charles Lindbergh. But what about the first aviators to successfully complete a flight around the globe? That honor goes to six U.S. Army Air Corps fliers who ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO/Gray News) - National Aviation Day is an annual holiday that’s been around since 1939, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt first signed a presidential proclamation making ...

Was 2025 the deadliest year in aviation history? - 2025 witnessed tragic aviation incidents, but was it the deadliest?