On February 26, 1934, the Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19 completed its first flight, marking the debut of a privately developed ...

Discover the story of the Douglas Cloudster, the pioneering 1921 biplane built for a nonstop U.S. transcontinental flight and ...

Flailing in the dark: aeronautics before the 19th century -- Starts and stops: aeronautical progress in the 19th century -- The real beginning: the Wright Flyer -- Seat-of- the-pants design: the era ...