On 6 March 1990, pilot Colonel Ed Yielding and reconnaissance systems officer (RSO) Colonel Joseph Vida departed Palmdale in California flying U. S. Air Force SR-71 (serial number 61-17972). This was ...

The new Volonaut Airbike promises to be an exciting new option for personal air mobility. Designed by Polish inventor and entrepreneur Tomasz Patan, the Volonaut looks like something from “Star Wars.” ...

In an era before computers and before jets, Eastern Air Lines operated daily flights over an enormous network of routes – concentrated primarily east of the Mississippi River – bringing reliable ...

We remember Western Airlines, one of America’s iconic air carriers that offered innovative in-flight service. It is Tuesday, 7 May 1957, and you are a passenger aboard Western Airlines Flight 70, a ...

Is Santa’s Sleigh the Most Reliable Airframe Ever Built? Spoiler: Yes. Yes, it is. And it’s not even close. Every 24th of December, without fail, Santa launches the most ambitious overnight operation ...

Boeing and McDonnell Douglas agreed to a merger in December, 1996. At the time, Phil Condit, then CEO of Boeing, called the acquisition a “historic moment in aviation and aerospace”. The past 28 years ...

An airport photo shoot becomes a story about community, connection, and aviation. At most airports, the ramp is a place of motion and noise. Fuel trucks rumble past. Propellers tick as they cool. Line ...

Turboprop airliners are not an uncommon sight at America’s airports. But the first turboprop transport to operate in the United States was a modern marvel, the Vickers Viscount. It bridged the gap ...

The inflight footage of the P2V-5F firing rockets, practicing drops, and rigging the merchant shipping traffic (and the Lightship Portland off the coast of Maine) is of a VP-661 P2V-5F BuNo 128379.

While the flying car might be within civilization’s grasp today, some crafty California engineers in 1973 attempted to bring the future of personal flying closer. The AVE Mizar was literally a Ford ...

As dedicated avgeeks, we’ve searched high and low across the United States and beyond to identify 14 awesome places to watch planes land that should be on your bucket list. Whether you’re trying to ...

Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturing company in the 20th century. At one point, it was the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer. After 86 years, it ceased operations. How did one of the world’s ...