On January 9, 1943, the Lockheed L-049 Constellation took flight for the first time, introducing pressurized airline travel ...

On January 8, 1948, the Lavochkin La-15 made its first flight, becoming one of the Soviet Union's earliest jet fighters and a ...

Flailing in the dark: aeronautics before the 19th century -- Starts and stops: aeronautical progress in the 19th century -- The real beginning: the Wright Flyer -- Seat-of- the-pants design: the era ...

Some technologies, like smartphones, have a transformative impact on entire sectors of the economy and our everyday lives. Advances in autonomous unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, are driving ...

For the first time, a plane landed safely without pilot help in the US using Garmin’s Autoland system after both pilots were ...