The Avro Heritage Museum has confirmed a £10 million hangar expansion at Woodford, strengthening Avro aircraft preservation in the UK.

The last unmodified de Havilland Comet to fly was a Comet 4C, serial number XS235 and nicknamed Canopus, which was operated ...

On January 2, 1860, French astronomer Urbain (often spelled Urban) Le Verrier announced what he believed to be the discovery of a new planet orbiting closer to the Sun than Mercury. He named it Vulcan ...

One hundred twenty-two years ago, in 1902, the Wright Brothers made history by performing the first controlled, sustained, powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Last Wednesday, December 17, ...

KILL DEVIL HILLS, North Carolina — One hundred twenty-two years ago, the Wright Brothers flew into history with the first flight. History was also made Wednesday, as students and graduates of First ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. avro vulcan USAF Britain’s three V-bombers were created as part of Britain’s nuclear deterrent in the Cold War. Of these, the ...

United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base. Photo from 2013. (Adobe Stock photo) Local pilot and photographer Charlie MacInnis ...

The Loyal Wingman concept has taken a major step toward reality as Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works pulled off an aerial demonstration where a 5th-generation F-22 Raptor interceptor took command of a ...

Military aircraft come in all shapes and sizes, but these days nearly all of them have one thing in common: they are painted grey. Boring, monotonous grey. But military aviation has a colorful history ...

In the early Cold War, the Royal Air Force fielded three separate strategic bombers—but relinquished all three amid advances in anti-air technology. Today, only three countries on Earth field a ...