Various land-based fighters were converted to become seaplanes during the Second World War. A few were very impressive, like ...

Lake Superior Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force is rebuilding a PBY Catalina, an unsung hero of World War II.

Recent reports that the U.S. Department of War is moving to contract a new generation of seaplanes for missions in the ...

Watch the full timelapse of modelling a PBY Catalina in Blender, crafted for RC plane construction. Follow the process from ...

Lake Superior Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force is rebuilding a PBY Catalina, an unsung hero of World War II.

South African engineer Henri Johnson invented the world’s first Doppler radar speed gun specifically for ball tracking in ...

The United States created many famous and formidable warplanes in the second world war. These included the B-17 Flying Fortress, P-47 Thunderbolt, B-29 Superfortress and Corsair. While hardly obscure, ...

Reginald Harrison didn’t have a nickname when he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1943. But after crashing his plane a second time trying to liftoff for a mission in 1944, fellow pilots started ...

Jaw-dropping video shows the wild moment a plane “drop[s] out of the sky” and smashes into a car on a busy Florida interstate, injuring the driver. The “fixed-wing multi-engine aircraft” crashed into ...

The United States is home to an enormous range of museums. In 2015, The Washington Post reported that the country has about 35,000 of them. Needless to say, not all these establishments will appeal to ...

The real-world analog for the "Star Wars" Y-wing starfighter is less obvious than for other spacecraft in the series. B-29 Superfortress cockpits clearly inspired the Millennium Falcon, and X-wings ...

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