This CGI video recreates a dramatic moment from 1944, when a Spitfire intercepted a deadly V1 flying bomb over the English ...

The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at ...

Many know the Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster, and Mosquito as the ‘A-listers’ of British aircraft of the Second World War.

The Rolls-Royce Merlin started off on paper as the PV-12, as in Privately Developed, but was later called Merlin in the Rolls ...

Hamilton, the zoologist who dedicated his life to saving Africa’s elephants from systematic slaughter—despite being nearly ...

The life of a former Spitfire pilot who disappeared during a night-time flight 50 years ago has been recalled in a new collection of music. Peter Gibbs shot down German V1 flying bombs when he served ...

LONDON — A former Royal Air Forces pilot has taken to the skies in a Spitfire at 102 years old. Jack Hemmings, an ex-squadron leader with Britain's air force, is believed to be the oldest pilot to fly ...

Two dozen First World War heroes who were buried in unmarked graves for over a century are set to be honoured for their contributions to the war effort and finally receive their own headstones.

One doesn't move to the quiet neighborhood of Alta Heights expecting to be rattled by airplane noise at all hours of the day and night. But that's what residents of the Napa east side neighborhood say ...

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