On May 30, 1949, in the heart of Britain, Armstrong Whitworth's deputy chief test pilot, John Oliver Lancaster, better known ...

These five aircraft are some of the strangest designs ever attempted, and despite their odd appearance and makeup, each successfully took to the skies, proving that flying aircraft don't ...

Thus, the concept of the Advanced Medium STOL Transport was born. Boeing’s YC-14 was one such prototype put forward to meet the challenge. America’s C-130s had served since the 1950s.

Two companies want to puncture the Airbus-Boeing duopoly with a new jet type, but Airubs hopes to stay one step ahead with its own flying wing airliner.