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
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was one of the great minds of the Renaissance. Although most famous for his contributions to...
de Havilland D.H. 106 Comet Mk. 4C
The de Havilland Comet was the world's first jet airliner, designed to overtake the American lead in air transports...
On August 29, 2006, Steve Fossett and Einar Enevoldson flew a modified glider to a record-setting altitude of 50,727 feet...
The nimble and speedy A-4 Skyhawk bucked the trend of "bigger is better." In 1952, Douglas designer Ed Heinemann, who had...
The DC-1 was developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1932 in response to TWA's (then Transcontinental & Western Air)...
Following the success of the DC-2, newly formed American Airlines approached the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1934 about a...
Explorer 1 was the first successful satellite of the United States, launched on January 31, 1958. It is credited with the...
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.
On June 12, 1944, under the codename Operation Eisbär (Polar Bear), Nazi Germany unleashed a new type of weapon against...
Most experts agree that the Fokker D.VII was the finest single-seat fighter plane of the war. Designed by Reinhold Platz, the prototype was called the VII and
The Fokker D.VIII was the firm's final and most advanced design of World War I. Designed by Fokker's great engineering...