Aircraft and aviation

Conventional wisdom credits only entrepreneurs with the vision to create America's commercial airline industry and contends that it was not until Roosevelt's Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 that federal airline regulation began.

Polar Winds traces a century of northern flight from balloonatics to bush pilots and beyond.

In the early 1960s, Pratt & Whitney, with a clear head start, had an almost dominant market position in the commercial aircraft engines market while GE lagged behind by a fair margin.

Aircraft are amazing machines that can leap into the sky with seemingly little effort.

The weather and its associated hazards will be a major concern for pilots every time they leap into the sky.

The study of pilot performance and limitations is now one of the major areas a pilot must master to fly an aircraft safely.

A detailed exploration of China's J-20 stealth fighter, its development, impact, and role in reshaping global power dynamics.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, der weltberühmte Autor des Klassikers Der kleine Prinz, war nicht nur ein begnadeter Schriftsteller, sondern auch ein leidenschaftlicher Pilot.

Nearly 38 years after 256 people died in the crash of Arrow Air Flight 1285, we still don't have a definitive answer as to why the 'plane went down in Gander town'.

Das Flugboot, das so viel zur Geschichte der Luftfahrt beigetragen hatte, war zu jener Zeit von der hier berichtet wird, eine fast schon aussterbende "Spezies".

The Bay of Pigs, on the south coast of Cuba, was the scene in 1961 of an unsuccessful attempt by an armed force of exiled Cubans which had been organized, supplied and trained by the United States government.

This work details the methods of deciphering and reading the coding found on Individual Aircraft Record Cards (IARCs).