Piston-engined fighters ruled the roost for thirty years. A brutal survival of the fittest ensured a rapid evolution of these characterful machines; the final fighters were over six times faster and ...

In 1910, Romanian engineer Henri Coandă built a revolutionary aircraft that attempted flight without a propeller. Powered by an early motorjet design, the biplane used thrust instead of a traditional ...

CARACAS, Venezuela—A U.S. pressure campaign to topple President Nicolás Maduro is stranding Venezuelans around the world, cutting off air links to one of the planet’s least-connected countries and ...

Toxic fumes leaking into commercial aircraft cabins are being blamed for catastrophic outcomes among flight crews — including fatal heart attacks, neurodegenerative disease, suicides and life-altering ...