(The Center Square) – Moving passengers and cargo through the air is heavily regulated and significantly ties efficiency to expense. “As currently postured,” says U.S. Rep. Brad Knott, R-N.C., “the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The F-89J became the Air Defense Command’s first fighter-interceptor to carry nuclear armament. The all-weather, twin-engine Northrop F-89 Scorpion was the first ...

An aviation museum in Southern Utah known for its unique planes just finished restoring a 1950s Soviet fighter jet, one of several planes they use to educate the public on aviation history.

Lufthansa is turning back the clock on one of its iconic flagship aircraft. The German airline recently had a decommissioned Lockheed L-1649A Starliner repainted in its classic 1950s colors. The paint ...

An 18-month NASA research effort to visualize the passenger airplanes of the future produced some ideas that at first glance appear to be out of an old 1950s aircraft magazine. Instead of exotic new ...

Today we're looking at the Bell X-2, the first aircraft to exceed Mach 3. Designed to explore these high speeds and the use of swept wings, it became notorious for being behind schedule, overbudget, ...

Here’s What You Need To Know: In the 1950s, the United States was already hard at work experimenting with the idea of launching large missiles from submarines, in the early stages of what would become ...