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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For a decent chunk of aviation history, biplanes were everywhere, whether it was dogfights, training flights, or stunt shows. But then, suddenly, they weren't. To see what changed, we'll have to turn ...

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 ...

Navy aircraft carriers, and the airwings they bring with them, have projected US power around the world for decades. That airwing has evolved, and its pilots have flown some of the most advanced ...

Off the California coast lies the sunken wreckage of the U.S. Navy’s last flying aircraft carrier. The idea that the Navy had flying aircraft carriers is probably new to a lot of people. Imagine a ...

— 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 ...

They’re off! The start of the 2017 Biplane Class championship race was the last time Jake Stewart’s clipped-wing Pitts Bad Mojo (number 10) would be so close to the Mong Sport Phantom, flown by Andrew ...