Ever wondered how the U.S. brought smaller planes overseas during World War II? It was definitely more tedious work than ...

As a pilot with the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) between 1940 and 1945, Ms Curtis was said to have flown "13 days on, two days off" for 62 consecutive months, in a range of aircraft.

Getty Images Large Hamilcar gliders (right), which were used to transport artillery and even tanks, were let loose once they had been towed to their drop zones by Halifax planes (left ...

As he gripped the controls of his bomber plane on his first war time mission, 21-year-old Harry Richardson gazed back at the British coast for what he feared was the last time.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX dominates the news these days, but a host of oddballs involved in space exploration came before him.

The capture of the bridge at Remagen, a surprisingly intact path into Germany, helped U.S. troops hasten the end of World War ...

Thousands of passengers in Paris and London were stranded Friday after the discovery of a World War II bomb on tracks leading ...

European weapons manufacturers from ThyssenKrupp to BAE Systems and smaller drone makers stand to gain the most from Germany's massive defense-spending splurge.

Designed in the 1920s by Ernst Zindel, this transport aircraft emerged during German ... a precursor to its extensive role in ...

She was the woman in the floppy jungle hat, standing in front of a Hiller 360 helicopter—young, with a confident smile, ...