The MD-11 was a failure for McDonnell Douglas, which merged with Boeing in 1997. It was also a failure for most passenger ...

During the 1950s, the United States Navy had been investing in its fleet of jet-powered carrier-based fighters, which allowed the United States to project power to pretty much any part of the world in ...

The solution for Concorde was an elegant delta- or triangular-shaped wing reminiscent of 1950s military aircraft. It had few moveable parts compared to the wing of a subsonic jet, but the sleek ...

Pilots looking for a stylish, speedy four-place retractable that is, as they say, a lot of aircraft for the money, should ...

So they explained the aircraft sightings by saying they were "natural phenomena" and "high-altitude weather research." The testing of the U-2 ended in the late 1950s; but, Area 51 has continued to ...

And the aircraft has to be able to tilt its rotors or wings in mid-air while still managing to stay aloft. Even so, in the 1950s, engineers realized that it might actually be possible to build a ...