Aviation History

Experts say this Mk.II version is the first Tempest to fly in more than 50 years.

The Veterans History Project is reaching out to the remaining WASPs and their families and friends, asking that they share their experiences.

The Cessna 310, made popular on the ‘Sky King” show of the 1950s, remains a photo magnet to this day.

August 5 represents an important milestone for women pilots, as it was on this day in 1943 that the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) were created, marking its 80th anniversary. On Saturday, the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston will be commemorating the event with a hangar talk on the history of the WASP at […]

Ride along on a Microsoft Flight Simulator journey through history in a DHC-2 Beaver.

Here’s how to hop a short flight on a piece of history.

An old World War II-era leather pilot’s jacket presents a thread that leads to unraveling details of his career.

Ride along on a Microsoft Flight Simulator journey through history in the H-4 Hercules.

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen’s struggle at an Army airfield in Indiana near the end of WWII has been commemorated with a historical marker.

Ride along on a Microsoft Flight Simulator journey through history in Howard Hughes’ speed-record aircraft.