The airplane experience has changed a lot since the 1960s, when tickets could cost up to five times more than today's prices, passengers could smoke on the plane and have as much booze as they ...

In the late 1950s, England's famous Defence White Paper explained that military aircraft development would taper off from producing military planes, motivating U.K. aircraft manufacturers like ...

At face value, they are three old planes not worth much more than their parts and scrap metal. Stolen from the Cuban government during a six-month period ending in April 2003 — two by hijackers ...

From 1968 to 1972, one hundred and thirty-seven planes were hijacked in the US alone. Ninety of the one hundred and eleven destination hijackers wanted to go to Cuba.

In the late ’60s, Mr. Conway had his big idea to turn an unused military airfield near Daytona Beach, Fla., into Spruce Creek, a fly-in community with homes, businesses, golf courses and parks ...

As far as iconic planes go, there is one that most people will recognize but probably could not name. The Cessna 172 is a staple of general aviation airports across the country and can be found in ...

The spy planes flew over the ancient city of Ur in Mesopotamia, one of the first cities in the world. Ur has been excavated for almost 170 years, but these images show what was likely its outer ...