Some airplanes are graceful, beautiful machines that soar effortlessly through the sky. Others, not so much. Which airplanes ...

A Connecticut dentist who died in a single-engine ultralight glider crash last week is being remembered for his devotion to ...

The Navy made significant modifications to the U-2 to enhance the high-flying aircraft’s ability to land aboard a carrier.

The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum is an aviation enthusiast's heaven. Smithsonian claims that this temple of aviation history holds over 60,000 artifacts related to the history of flight and space ...

The Gimili Glider (Air Canada Flight 143 ... There are more instructions and recommendations as the aircraft executes its takeoff roll. During the liftoff phase, with the nose wheel lifted off the ...

as the folded paper airplane and the simple balsa glider show. If the angle of attack is small enough, it’s not the airfoil shape but the fact that the wing is at a nose-high angle to the ...