Aircraft engines have evolved dramatically since the first turbojets of the 1950s. From the de Havilland Comet’s early powerplants to the ultra-efficient turbofans powering today’s Boeing 777s and ...

Dark Footage. 1950s U.S. Army Aircraft Defied Gravity - And Nearly History Too. Posted: June 16, 2025 | Last updated: June 16, 2025. The Vertol Model 76, better known as the VZ-2, had a peculiar ...

Beginning in the late 1950s, former-USAF F-89s were transferred to the Air National Guard—without the nuclear weapons—and the last of those was retired in July 1969.

When Lockheed designed the C-130 Hercules in the 1950s, a company engineer, Kelly Johnson, said they’d be lucky to sell a hundred. Out on the tarmac in Marietta, Georgia, Lockheed Martin’s ...

The 1950s was the decade of the test pilot and the experimental aircraft, as aviation technology turned to the jet engine and pushed its limits in both speed and endurance. With the world divided ...

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Boeing produced the DC-8 aircraft in the 1950s. In reality, Douglas made the DC-8. It wasn't until 1997 that Boeing merged with ...

The U-2 was a high-altitude spy plane that flew at 70,000 feet, out of the range of anti-aircraft guns in the 1950s. Its unconventional design, altitude, and speed may have contributed to some UFO ...

In the late 1940s, the idea of creating an airplane specifically geared toward the agricultural market began to grow. The first such plane, the AG-1, was built at the Texas A&M Aircraft Research ...

Shoreham airshow pilot who was at the controls during disaster that killed 11 is making ANOTHER bid to fly. By OLIVIA CHRISTIE. Published: 19:52 EDT, 5 March 2025 | Updated: 21:39 EDT, 5 March 2025 ...

C-130 aircraft designed in the 1950s still delivers. The hercules is bulky C-130 cargo plane whose design has survived tech advances and budget cuts for 60 years.