The P-40 was not the fastest fighter and nobody ever claimed it was the best. But it had one priceless advantage over all...
The Curtiss Robin was designed for private owners. Conventional in many ways, the Robin was popular because it had an unusually large, enclosed cabin
da Vinci Il Cigno Interpretation
There are no "correct" designs for Leonardo da Vinci's machines. There are only solutions based on different...
de Havilland D.H. 106 Comet Mk. 4C
First flown in 1949, the British-made Comet was the world's first jet airliner to go into service. It was designed to give...
The Perlan: A Record-Setting SailplaneOn August 29, 2006, Steve Fossett and Einar Enevoldson flew a modified DG505m glider...
The nimble and speedy A-4 that wowed audiences with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels for 13 seasons bucked the trend of "bigger is...
The DC-2 was developed in 1933 when TWA and the Douglas Aircraft Company decided to increase the fuselage length of the DC-1...
The first versions of the DC-3, called Douglas Sleeper Transports, began service with American Airlines in 1936. Demand for...
First produced in 1940 by The Engineering and Research Corp. (Erco) the 415 Ercoupe was designed to be an easy-to-fly,...
Following the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, there was a frenzied effort by the United States...
The Fairchild F-24 is a truly classic aircraft in its field. Built in the 1930s and 1940s as an economical and easy-to-fly touring aircraft, the F-24 became the plane of choice for many Hollywood stars including Robert Taylor, Tyrone Power, Mary Pickford, and Jimmy Stewart.
The Fiat G.91 was designed in the mid-1950s to meet NATO requirements for a tactical fighter and ground support aircraft.