Vintage Aviation News

Many aces who fought in WWI and survived went on to fight in WWII as well. But there was a Royal Air Force pilot who became an ace in WWI and developed air power doctrine in WWII. Arthur Coningham, who was born on January 19, 1895, in Brisbane, Australia, grew up in New Zealand. He joined the 5th Wellington Regiment on August 10, 1914, and served in...

In the early 1950s, the US Air Force needed a new spy plane. Although the service eventually chose to develop Lockheed’s famous U-2, it initially considered other designs. One among them was Bell X-16. The aircraft was named X-16 to conceal its real purpose from the Soviet Union during the Cold War. In the second half of 1953, Fairchild, Bell, and ...

The Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook, Oregon, has provided another update on the recovery of Hangar B, saying the first phase of storm-damage repairs is expected to begin soon despite a delay involving the contractor hired to carry out the work. The latest update ...

On this day in aviation history, 95 years ago (August 14, 1931), the first flight of the Tupolev ANT-14 Pravda took place. Translating to Truth in English, the Pravda was a Soviet-built transport aircraft that was initially developed as an airliner. The ANT-14 is cited as the...

The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation used EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2026 to launch the countdown to the 100th anniversary of C...