Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pat McKiernan has found that he and his dad who built this beautiful RV-7 simply learned to enjoy the build. [Credit: Bill Wilson] ...

Teenagers in central New Jersey area are building an airplane under the watchful eyes of mentors at the Flying W Airport (N14) in Medford. They are part of Teen Aviation of New Jersey, a youth ...

A year later, Ermoshkin quit his job and started a company with two fellow engineers, called Airhart Aeronautics, with the goal of building the equivalent of automatic transmission for airplanes.

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 ...

Ford is synonymous with the automobile because the Model T revolutionized car travel in the United States. It's difficult to believe that the Ford Trimotor plane did the same in commercial aviation.

People begin building aircraft for many reasons. Some dream of flight in an airplane they assembled with their own hands. Others are attracted by the challenge, the craftsmanship, or the opportunity ...