Some historic aircraft seem like a barrel for holding superlatives. One of these, the H-4 Hercules, goes one better because it's also at the center of one of the strangest stories involving possibly ...
A little over 100 years ago, landing a plane on water was simply unthinkable. But very soon, designs were being drawn up that enabled a fixed-wing aircraft to do just that. The idea quickly took off, ...
New book “Into Unknown Skies” details the long and improbable success of the U.S. Army Air Service’s vastly underappreciated first flight around the world.