An experimental supersonic aircraft called the X-59 took to the skies for the first time in October. The plane lifted off from Skunk Works, the famed research and development facility in California ...

The United States Air Force operates a number of old aircraft types. That said, it is important to keep in mind that there is a difference between old aircraft types and old airframes. For example, ...

As the standard bearer for supersonic travel, Concorde carried passengers from London and Paris to destinations such as New ...

The 1950s were a defining decade in American history, marked by postwar optimism, booming suburbs, and a confidence that ...

Shubhanshu Shukla says he felt like a baby during space mission: 'You have to learn to eat, walk, sleep...' ...

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.

Boeing noses are an older design than Airbus's and stem from a different design philosophy, but these nuances make little ...

Building Saab’s Gripen fighter jet and GlobalEye surveillance plane in Canada would create thousands of jobs – and infuriate ...

Although NASA’s Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne served very different objectives, a closer look reveals that both missions ...

There are a lot of insane aircraft designs that never saw the light of day, and many have asked how they compare to each ...