On July 5, 1917, the legendary Fokker Dr.I triplane made its first flight. Best known as the Red Baron's aircraft, this WWI ...

Discover the story of the Yakovlev UT-2, the Soviet Union's primary WWII pilot trainer that first flew on July 11, 1935.

The world's first combat jet fighter, the Messerschmidt ME-262 (or the Schwalbe), was the only jet fighter to see combat operations during the Second World War in 1944, and it had enormous potential.

This whimsical short film combines historic postage stamps and amazing archival footage to tell the story of early aviation, culminating in Charles Lindbergh's 1927 crossing of the Atlantic ...

Lon Smith gave a tour of the Kansas Aviation Museum as he talked about the early days of U.S. aviation and Wichita's claim of being the original "Air Capital of the World." Video clips were included.

The Second Maccabiah (Jewish Olympic) Games, which were held in Tel Aviv in April 1935, included flying competitions, and a group of Jewish fliers arrived from Germany with two German-built gliders.

Fatal lessons: World's worst midair collisions changed the course of aviation history Midair collisions throughout aviation history have brought some of the worst tragedies in the sky.