Where Was The SR-71 Blackbird Built And Who Made It?
The SR-71 Blackbird dominated the sky for decades as one of the fastest, highest flying spy planes in the world. Here is the ...
How Ford Built America’s Foundational Airliner And Then Quit Building Planes
Ford is synonymous with the automobile because the Model T revolutionized car travel in the United States. It’s difficult to ...
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Longest-Range Gulfstream Aircraft Ever Takes First Flight With Complete Interior
American aircraft maker announced the first test flight of a fully outfitted G800 business jet, more tests for the interior to follow ...
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The first airplane in Alaska: The aerial attempts of a Nome music teacher nicknamed ‘the Professor’
After months of secrecy, news broke on March 23, 1911. Henry Peterson, a music teacher in early Nome, was building an ...
The Heirs of a Despised Draft Dodger Want His Wright Brothers Plane Back
The Franklin Institute has said a wealthy scion, long vilified for refusing to serve during World War I, gave them a ...
How You Can Visit The First Boeing 747-400 Ever Built
The iconic Boeing 747-400 is being phased out by airlines, but some museums aim to preserve its legacy. Ship 6301, the ...
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Innovative Aircraft
The Wright Flyer, which made the world's first sustained ... it remains the fastest aircraft propelled by air-breathing engines ever built. Design innovations abounded, including a titanium ...
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The First Reporter
Root didn't witness that groundbreaking launch, but the following September, Root was on hand at Huffman Prairie in Ohio when the Wrights made the first-ever flight in which a plane circled around ...