At first the propeller turns slowly, then with a burst of noise and a puff of smoke, the huge radial engine of the 1929 Ford Tri-Motor comes to life. In moments, all three engines are churning away ...

Charles Somers’ Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI and Dean Thomas’s Twin Beech 18, along with other aircraft, on display at Stead airport in Reno, Nevada. For almost all of the last 22 years, the National ...

One of the challenges of flying a vintage aircraft is that, by modern standards, they are a little light on instrumentation that allow the pilot to safely traverse visual obscuration brought on by ...

At Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, a "living" museum of aviation history, pilots coax antique machines made of wood, cloth, and wire into the skies over upstate New York. Some are unlike almost any modern ...

Web Appraisal: Early Aviation Photos, ca. 1908, from Tucson, AZ. Robert Klein appraises a group of early aviation photos, ca. 1908, in this web original clip from Tucson.