According to The Museum of Aviation, the B-29 was designed by the manufacturer as a high-altitude strategic bomber, one which ...

The Second World War is the first war where aircraft carriers ruled the waves. Among the many combatants in the conflict, ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

During World War II, before the age of computer-generated aircraft engineering drawings, thousands of skilled draftsmen created tens of thousands of drawings for every aspect of every model of ...

The lightweight aircraft was equipped with a 950-horsepower engine, helping it reach speeds of 331 mph and a service ceiling of 32,810 feet. Entering service in 1940, the Focke-Wulf Fw190 was one ...

Bonnie Summer of Hollidaysburg lines up to take a photograph of the tail section of a World War II B-24 bomber at the Blair County Airport on Friday. MARTINSBURG — History touched down at the ...

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight planes are a regular feature at summer air shows Wartime aircraft due to fly at this weekend’s Duxford Summer Air Show have been grounded after a fatal crash.

His courage in battle brought him the Congressional Gold Medal, the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the ...

The remains of a crashed World War Two aircraft have been discovered on a beach by dog walkers. Graham Holden and his partner found the wreckage after shifting sands uncovered the site at Cleethorpes.

Detailed exhibits at the National Museum of World War II Aviation trace the development of aviation as well as the role it played before and during World War II, with a particular focus on ...

Debris from a World War II-era B-17G "Flying Fortress" and a "P-63 "Kingcobra that collided during a Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas air show on Nov. 12, 2022. The National ...