Two diagrams illustrating the main parts of an airplane - its outer components and the instrument panel.

A photographic print and brief description of Nancy Harness Love, who was instrumental in developing the WASPs in World War II.

An introduction to thrust and how it relates to airplanes, told in an animated format.

Explore the military equipment located throughout the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park.

View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1998 to commemorate the Wright Brothers first flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Includes a detailed paragraph about the famous flight.

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.