During World War II, the American F4U Corsair was one of the fastest fighter planes ever built—and one of the most dangerous to fly. This story follows U.S. Navy and Marine Corps pilots, along with ...

Consolidated's most famous aircraft in World War II were the B-24 Liberator and the PBY Catalina patrol plane. However, Consolidated often lacked the capacity to fulfill its massive contracts and was ...

Canada, the world’s second-largest country, is a land of extremes, characterised by harsh weather, vast distances, and rugged ...

Many of the aircraft that lived to retirement are now on display both in the US and in Europe. The Lockheed U-2 was a black ...

World War II Navy veteran Ira “Ike” Schab, one of the dwindling number of survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl ...

Reginald Harrison didn’t have a nickname when he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1943. But after crashing his plane a second time trying to liftoff for a mission in 1944, fellow pilots started ...

A small handful of companies are responsible for building virtually all of the world's commercial aircraft, with the two largest players making up around 80% of the current global fleet. These two big ...

Even with all the money in the world, you might struggle to purchase jets capable of quickness above Mach 0.9. However, some ...

A central Pennsylvania WWll veteran has joined the ranks of such notables as Gen. George Patton, President Dwight Eisenhower, ...

NATO sent up fighter jets after Putin dispatched his Tu-95MS strategic nuclear bombers to threaten the north of Britain on a ...

The Norwegian Sea lies to the northeast of Scotland, between Norway and Iceland. The planes - known as "Bears" - were first ...

The Germans' shelling proved accurate throughout - something that surprised British naval officers. At 6.23AM, splinters from ...