British aviation history is full of planes that people remember for what they could do and how they looked. These planes were ...

In one of his books, German novelist W.G. Sebald describes the mesmerizing sight of the familiar constellations overhead. [iStock] German novelist W.G. Sebald liked to salt his fiction with ...

Aviation is not about traveling from one place to another. It is about the airplanes themselves. From the flying machines to the new jets aircraft have always been amazing to people. They make us feel ...

Check out a new book of paper airplanes inspired by the Smithsonian’s collections Michael D. Hulslander A paper airplane and its inspiration, the Mitchell U-2 Superwing. Plane image - Gift of Frank X.

Combat is chaotic. Identifying friend from foe was critical in historical hand-to-hand fighting and continues to be so in the modern age. From the earliest standing militaries in the Middle East's ...