The first airplane equipped with an autopilot was a pivotal moment in aviation history. It transformed flying from a constant struggle to a more controlled, reliable endeavor. The first autopilot ...

Yes, an airplane with tricycle gear is more logical in most ways. It’s cheaper to own, more forgiving to fly, and quicker to master. It enables you to operate in far more challenging winds.

At first glance, the boxy Wright Flyer doesn’t look much like our modern notion of an airplane. However, it possesses all the key features that still define an airplane to this day.

The first Britons evacuated out of Israel have landed back in the UK after a "long and intense" journey. The RAF flight ...

The first catapult launch system was installed on a stationary coal barge, which shot a biplane on Nov. 12, 1912, but the test ended with a crash the pilot fortunately walked away from.

This respect for family sustained the inventors throughout their intertwined careers and as they created the world’s first airplane. Wilbur and Orville Wright at their home in Dayton, Ohio, in 1909.

The first actual flight in Alaska took place two years later. On July 3, 1913, James Martin took off from Fairbanks’ Exposition Park in an open-cockpit Gage-Martin biplane with an eight-cylinder ...

British engineer Rolls-Royce has successfully used hydrogen instead of conventional jet fuel to power a modern aircraft engine in a world first for the aviation industry, according to the company.

When they built the first airplane that carried a man, the Wright brothers were inspired tinkerers, not original thinkers; they did not concoct the theories on which their contraption was based.

In a major jump into the era of eVTOL air taxis and multicopter cargo drones, the US FAA has issued new regulations that introduce the first new aircraft category, called "power-lift" aircraft ...

Akron's Props and Pistons Festival returns to Akron-Fulton Airport this weekend for a "Top Gun" moment featuring modern and historic aircraft.