He said his design “has twice the lift and half the drag of anything in the world.” He also used race-car technology to improve the plane’s exhaust system and air intake.

PALMER, Alaska -- Bill Montagne has swagger. It comes with the territory. He's a self-taught aerodynamics engineer and test pilot who designed a plane for the Alaska bush that he says can fly ...

Voetmann raised more than $40 million from humanitarian and mission nonprofits in order to fully design the Kodiak, which will be the first new bush plane in more than 20 years.

Explore the history of the Cessna 180 Skywagon and its remarkable service in Australia. Beloved for its rugged design and ...

It's a durable Alaska bush plane, too. Wings currently owns and operates Serial Number 7, built in 1953 -- and the first Otter delivered to the Canadian Air Force.

The airplane Patey set down in the field was based on the PZL-104 Wilga, a relatively large four-seat Polish bush plane designed in the 1960s for STOL aviation uses. Powered by a 260hp Russian ...

A team of engineering students from Lakehead University plan to design and build a prototype bush plane this fall. The four-person team will build the three-metre plane as an entry in the Society ...

Jim McGrath, vice president of the foundation, says Bush "loved the plane," and that he was the first U.S. president to fly in it in 1990.