Airplanes
Who Was the First Woman to Fly Solo Around the World?
When the National Air and Space Museum reopens October 14, Geraldine Mock’s Cessna 180 soars in the new exhibition, "We All Fly"
How the Nemesis Air Racers Redefined Speed
For Jon and Patricia Sharp, crafting and flying the sleek airplanes was as much about sport as it was about ingenuity
Will Electronic Bag Tags Make Air Travel Less Chaotic?
Amid delays, cancellations and long lines, Alaska Airlines is rolling out a new technology that could make checking a bag easier and faster
A Brief History of Airplane Hijackings, From the Cold War to D.B. Cooper
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, hijackings occurred, on average, once every five days globally
Amelia Earhart Statue Finally Arrives at U.S. Capitol
After a 23-year delay, the statue will represent Kansas in the Statuary Hall Collection
The Record-Shattering Airplane Behind a Dashing Pilot’s Meteoric Rise to Fame
Roscoe Turner's air racer takes center stage this fall when newly renovated galleries open at the National Air and Space Museum
In 1920s New York, This Woman Typist Became a Pioneering Aerial Photographer
Edith Keating survived the Halifax Explosion and eventually took to the skies, marking a path for other women to fly in her wake
'Top Gun' Is Back. But Is the Elite Navy Fighter Pilot School Really Like the Movies?
The Smithsonian’s Chris Browne flew the much-feared F-14, and as a former TOPGUN student, knows well the power of a Navy-trained fighter pilot
U.S. Customs Agents Find Rare Moth Last Spotted in 1912
Larvae and pupae found in seed pods at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport last fall hatched into <em>Salma brachyscopalis Hampson</em> moths
This Quirky Contraption Lifted 19th-Century Pilots Into the Air for a Short, Exhilarating Glide
The rare Lilienthal glider, one of only a few originals known to exist, is newly conserved and ready for its public debut
The Russian Jet That Fights for Both Sides
What Ukrainian air force pilots had to say about their aging Su-27s.
Ukrainian Officials Say the World's Largest Aircraft, Antonov AN-225, Has Been Destroyed
The plane was undergoing maintenance in an airfield near Kyiv
Amelia Earhart's Leather Flying Cap Sells at Auction for $825,000
Worn by the famed aviator during her 1928 flight across the Atlantic, the lost helmet was kept for nearly a century in the closet of a Minnesota home
How the 'Candy Bomber' Left a Lasting Legacy in Cold War Germany
Former WWII pilot Gail S. Halvorsen is still fondly remembered as the American who delivered sweets to German children during the Berlin Airlift
19-Year-Old Woman Completes Around-the-World Solo Flight
Zara Rutherford flew 28,000 nautical miles of five continents to become the youngest woman to finish a solo global flight
For Pilot Bessie Coleman, Every 'No' Got Her Closer to 'Yes'
Despite fierce obstacles in her path, the Black female aviator became a hero that would pave the way for generations to come
The Little 'Puffer' That Could, and Did, Change an Industry
The Huff-Daland Duster ushered in the era of agriculture aviation
When Jackie Cochran Flew This Jet, She Broke All Kind of Barriers
The spirited aviator came out of poverty to soar to great heights
In One Mission in October 1944, Two F6F Hellcats Shot Down a Record 15 Enemy Aircraft
U.S. Navy Pilots David McCampbell and Roy Rushing made history in a heroic air battle over the Leyte Gulf
Smithsonian's Chris Browne Was the Manager at Ronald Reagan National Airport on 9/11
The acting director of the National Air and Space Museum reflects 20 years later on the rapid grounding of air traffic across the US
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