Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft on ...

Wright Brothers flew into history with the first flight. History was also made on Wednesday, as students and graduates of ...

Consolidated's most famous aircraft in World War II were the B-24 Liberator and the PBY Catalina patrol plane. However, ...

So, learn all about the innovative spirit of North Carolina's people and how their pride and ambition led to a bold legacy today. Why North Carolina remains the 'Cradle of Flight' It is no coincidence ...

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Here’s What You Need to Know: Aircraft carriers provide a unique combination of presence, prestige, and lethality. The first true aircraft carriers entered service at the end of World War I, as the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The real litmus test for any man-of-war is its capacity to fulfill the missions for which it was built. Anyone who’s tried to compare one piece of kit—ships, aircraft, ...

WASHINGTON — When the U.S. military took the extraordinary step of grounding its entire fleet of V-22 Ospreys this week, it wasn’t reacting just to the recent deadly crash of the aircraft off the ...

Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...