Here’s What You Need to Know: The F-89J became the Air Defense Command’s first fighter-interceptor to carry nuclear armament. The all-weather, twin-engine Northrop F-89 Scorpion was the first ...

Bremont’s Supernova Chronograph will be attached to the chassis of Astrolab’s FLIP rover, which will land on the moon later this year. Tim Barber NASA Wants to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon The ...

The Nord 500 was a French ducted fan VTOL project that aimed to offer something helicopters could not: far higher speed with ...

Here’s What You Need To Know: In the 1950s, the United States was already hard at work experimenting with the idea of launching large missiles from submarines, in the early stages of what would become ...

When Lockheed designed the C-130 Hercules in the 1950s, a company engineer, Kelly Johnson, said they’d be lucky to sell a hundred. Out on the tarmac in Marietta, Georgia, Lockheed Martin’s Tony Frese, ...

Aircraft windows used to be much larger than they are today.

During the 50s the French attempted to build a unique plane with a circular wing that could take off vertically, but the iconic-looking aircraft was ultimately a disaster. During the 50s the French ...

It takes determination and a lot of hard work, in addition to a serious effort scrounging parts, to rebuild a classic military aircraft. Tucked away in a hangar at Birchwood Airport such a project ...

A decommissioned 1958 Lockheed Constellation, once used by TWA, was on display in Times Square over the weekend. Max Touhey When the hotel opens, it’ll celebrate TWA’s midcentury heyday with nifty ...

On January 26, 1950, a U.S. Airforce troop plane left Anchorage for Montana with 44 people on board. It took off in frigid cold with precious few hours of daylight left. The crew of the Douglas C-54 ...

A CREEPY aeroplane graveyard where the shells of 75-year-old jets have been left to decay has been discovered. The three colossal passenger planes have been almost entirely engulfed by vegetation and ...

The hercules is bulky C-130 cargo plane whose design has survived tech advances and budget cuts for 60 years. When Lockheed designed the C-130 Hercules in the 1950s, a company engineer, Kelly Johnson, ...