
Boeing VC-137B "Air Force One"
The first presidential jet plane, a specially built Boeing 707-120, is known as SAM (Special Air Missions) 970.

The B-47 Stratojet is one of the most important aircraft ever designed by The Boeing Company. It was the world's first...

The Fly Baby is the winning entry in the 1962 Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Design Contest.

The Fly Baby was the winning entry in the 1962 Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Design Contest. Designed and built by...

Bowlus (Hawley) BA-100 Baby Albatross
The Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross glider was designed by sailplane designer Hawley Bowlus. (Mr. Bowlus earlier worked as a...

The F-86 Sabre, built by North American, is best known for its outstanding combat performance during the Korean War. First flown in 1947, the Sabre was the United States' first fighter to fly supersonic -- in a dive.

The Caproni Ca.20 was an aircraft ahead of its time in design, purpose, and armament.

In 1930, the Cessna Aircraft Company offered the public a chance to fly. For the price of $398, a CG-2 glider could be bought by catalog.

Chanute (Octave) 1896 Biplane Glider Reproduction
Octave Chanute was one of the great pioneers of early flight. In 1896, Chanute, Augustus Herring, and fellow flying...

British and French aerospace companies collaborated to design and build 20 Concorde aircraft between 1966 and 1979.

Curtiss JN-4D Jenny Reproduction
The Jenny is one of America's most famous airplanes. Early versions of the Curtiss biplane were serving the U.S. Army before America's entry into World War I, flying in Mexico on the trail of Pancho Villa in 1916.

The Curtiss P-40 was obsolete at the outbreak of World War II, and despite continued improvements, never equaled the...