Louis Blériot was flying on a broken ankle. His monoplane — a fragile structure of spruce, ash, and rubberised canvas — had a 25-horsepower engine that overheated on long runs. He had no compass. No radio. No life jacket. As he climbed to 250 feet over the...
A Russian Tu-95MS Bear strategic bomber has been photographed carrying a Kh-101 air-launched cruise missile over the Barents and Norwegian Seas — the second time in twelve months that Moscow has publicly flaunted its premier stand-off weapon on a long-range patrol...
In 1924, flying around the world meant crossing the Pacific Ocean in open biplanes, with engines that had to be rebuilt every few thousand miles, relying on supply ships pre-positioned across the widest ocean on Earth by a US Navy that had deployed its vessels months...
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