On February 14, 1928, the Short S.8 Calcutta made its first flight, introducing Britain's first metal-hulled stressed-skin flying boat for Imperial Airways' long-distance Mediterranean routes.

The Douglas DC-3 carried its first passengers in June of 1936 for American Airlines, and 90 years later the plane is still ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. In this age of 15-hour nonstop flights, it’s hard to imagine ...

MANTEO, N.C. (WAVY) — The Wright Brothers National Memorial will host an event on Dec. 17 at 8:30 a.m. to celebrate the 122nd anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first flight. The event will feature ...

It's not set in stone yet, but the date when NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft will finally take off is fast approaching. The space agency already informed us on the most important ...

The first flight of Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket didn’t last long on Sunday. The booster’s nine engines switched off as the rocket cartwheeled upside-down and fell a short distance from its Arctic ...

The first officially recorded transatlantic voyage happened over five centuries ago when Christopher Columbus set sail west, looking for a new route to Asia. He may have found the Bahamas instead of ...