Aviation History

College students can nestle into the heart of aviation history through the National Air and Space Museum’s 2024 summer internship program in Washington, D.C.

The famous warbird is on temporary display in Houston through the end of January.

In June 1944, Lancaster ND533 took off on its final flight.

Fabric swatches and wood slivers from the first aircraft have been included on several missions.

December 7 marks the 82nd anniversary of the attack.

Fire officials in Orange County, California are poring through the smoldering remains of a 1940s-era airship hangar, trying to determine what set it ablaze Tuesday morning.

A friend told me a story about an airplane that intentionally landed on the lawn of the White House. That got us to wondering, have any U.S. presidents actually held a pilot certificate?

“Paris is always a good idea.” Though Audrey Hepburn didn’t actually deliver that line in her 1954 film Sabrina, it’s widely attributed to her, and having lived in Paris for three years, I couldn’t agree more. To this day, I never need an excuse to go. I’d happily hop the pond to La Ville-Lumière for […]

An open house at the Santa Monica Airport will mark the 99th anniversary of the seaplanes’ return to KSMO.

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