Flying a biplane is a throwback experience from the first decades of the last century, when barnstormers roamed the country, landing in open fields and wowing crowds who had never seen an airplane ...

A throwback to early 20th Century aviation may hold the key to eliminating the sonic boom - at least according to researchers at MIT and Stanford University. Strongly reminiscent of biplanes still in ...

A replica World War I-era biplane took to the skies Tuesday, preparing to mark 100 years since the military’s aerial deployment to war. The yellow recreation of a BE-2 biplane from the Royal Flying ...

A World War II veteran in Castroville, Texas, celebrated his 101st birthday on Tuesday, December 30, by returning to the ...

Biplanes once ruled the skies in the pioneering days of aviation and World War I. Now the old aircraft design could make a comeback in the silent supersonic jets of tomorrow. A newer version of the ...

Its initials stand for Scout Experimental, but the S.E.5a was one of the most effective fighters of World War I. Philip Makanna For the cover of the premier issue of Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When supersonic travel inevitably returns to the skies, the ...

The crash of a vintage biplane in a forested area of south-central Washington state left one person dead and another injured. The 1943 Stearman plane crashed Friday in the Gifford Pinchot National ...

Australian pilot Paul Bennet delivers a high-energy aerobatic display in his Wolf Pitts biplane during the Saturday airshow ...