Online museum of airplanes, pilots, airplane engines, and historical background information. Great sound effects are included!

Site offers "general dimensions, specifications, weight characteristics, and man hours required to build the aircraft." Also gives individual thumbnail images "of the technical preparation of the airplane."

Site offers "general dimensions, specifications, weight characteristics, and man hours required to build the aircraft." Also gives individual thumbnail images "of the technical preparation of the airplane."

Site offers "general dimensions, specifications, weight characteristics, and man hours required to build the aircraft." Also gives individual thumbnail images "of the technical preparation of the airplane."

1905 Wright Flyer III airplane.

"The First World War saw the introduction of many new technologies to the art of killing one's enemy: the machine gun, the tank, the airplane, the zeppelin, and gas to name a few. Among these, gas was probably the crudest, certainly the...

"The First World War saw the introduction of many new technologies to the art of killing one's enemy: the machine gun, the tank, the airplane, the zeppelin, and gas to name a few. Among these, gas was probably the crudest, certainly the...

Could you get in an airplane and take off around the world? Not too hard now; but what about back in 1924 when airplanes weren't quite so sophisticated? Take a look at the brave men who flew around the world in 175 days. You can pretend...

Could you get in an airplane and take off around the world? Not too hard now; but what about back in 1924 when airplanes weren't quite so sophisticated? Take a look at the brave men who flew around the world in 175 days. You can pretend...

Could you get in an airplane and take off around the world? Not too hard now; but what about back in 1924 when airplanes weren't quite so sophisticated? Take a look at the brave men who flew around the world in 175 days. You can pretend...

Get a birds' eye view of the great state of Alaska presented in this spectacular slideshow by the New York Times.

View video footage from the scene of the plane accident that claimed the life of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, the first lady and key figures in the Polish Government. Was it pilot error, or that the Soviet-designed plane was more...

Contrails are human-made clouds from jet airplanes.

Lockheed 5B Vega

Illustration of a jet.