Convair’s daring attempt to build the fastest jet of its time led to the creation of the XF-92A, the U.S.’s first delta-wing ...

J.F. “Skeets” Coleman, who was the test pilot on one of the oddest military airplanes ever produced, died Tuesday of natural causes at an assisted-living facility in Oceanside, said his daughter, ...

Consolidated Vultee Aircraft (Convair) tested a flying car here 75 years ago. The experimental duel-use ConvAirCar was designed by Theodore Hall. The machine combined a four-passenger, rear engine ...

America at the end of the Second World War was a wildly different place. Brimming with self-confidence after having just defeated the greatest set of rivals the country had ever faced, inundated with ...

There are plane prototypes, and then there's the Convair Sea Dart, which at its heart, was basically just a jet fighter sitting on top of a pair of water skis. Since oceans cover over 70% of the Earth ...

From the 1920s into World War II several nations developed high-performance floatplane aircraft. Indeed, some were among the fastest aircraft of their time. During World War II, the British evaluated ...

Today the Russian Aerospace Forces operates the Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting name “Bear”), a long-range bomber that first entered service in 1952. It remains the only propeller-powered bomber in ...

Honeywell has given its Convair 580 test aircraft a facelift to reflect the trademark red and white colour scheme of its engine/avionics manufacturer. The twin-engined turboprop - registration N580HW ...

Barnsley, Eng.: Air World Pen and Sword / Philadelphia: Casemate, 2025. Pp. 304. Illus., plans, tables, biblio., index. $54.95. ISBN: 1526787318 The First ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Seaplanes (aircraft that use some ...

An aviation expert says there are glaring holes in Sacaa's preliminary report that will probably be fixed in the final one. It is not possible that the current and former Qantas airline pilots, with ...