Barreto can afford to wax poetic because besides the two Battle Creek, Michigan-based brands, DIMOR also owns the historic Junkers aircraft brand in Germany, making it the world’s largest manufacturer ...

A biplane is a fascinating piece of aviation history, it is a classic aircraft design featuring two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled airplane to achieve flight, ...

The concept still demonstrates its strong, lightweight structure and excellent maneuverability at low speed. Many people are aware—consciously or instinctively—that the world’s first successful ...

For a decent chunk of aviation history, biplanes were everywhere, whether it was dogfights, training flights, or stunt shows. But then, suddenly, they weren't. To see what changed, we'll have to turn ...

To manufacture thousands of airplanes for its World War I allies, the United States would fell acres of spruce. Preston Lerner Spruce was essential to the construction of more than 4,000 Curtiss JN-4D ...

Credit: Sergey Ryabtsev [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ol Since the late 1940s, Russia’s ...