Summary and Key Points: A century ago, the U.S. Navy tested a startling idea: a “flying aircraft carrier.” -The rigid airships USS Akron and USS Macon carried and launched tiny Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flying a biplane is a throwback experience from the first decades of the last century, when barnstormers roamed the country, ...

The concept still demonstrates its strong, lightweight structure and excellent maneuverability at low speed. Many people are aware—consciously or instinctively—that the world’s first successful ...

A throwback to early 20th Century aviation may hold the key to eliminating the sonic boom - at least according to researchers at MIT and Stanford University. Strongly reminiscent of biplanes still in ...

A replica World War I-era biplane took to the skies Tuesday, preparing to mark 100 years since the military's aerial deployment to war. The yellow recreation of a BE-2 biplane from the Royal Flying ...

Its initials stand for Scout Experimental, but the S.E.5a was one of the most effective fighters of World War I. Philip Makanna For the cover of the premier issue of Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine, ...

The Wright Brothers started this little fad back in 1903 called, "flying a heavier than air powered aircraft." It would eventually grow into the world of flight that we see today. The great news is ...

— Peter Bowers brought more than new investment to a struggling aircraft manufacturer two years ago. The former executive with a Portage aluminum extrusion company made the job of running WACO Classic ...