Flying a biplane is a throwback experience from the first decades of the last century, when barnstormers roamed the country, landing in open fields and wowing crowds who had never seen an airplane ...

Biplanes once ruled the skies in the pioneering days of aviation and World War I. Now the old aircraft design could make a comeback in the silent supersonic jets of tomorrow. A newer version of the ...

A throwback to early 20th Century aviation may hold the key to eliminating the sonic boom - at least according to researchers at MIT and Stanford University. Strongly reminiscent of biplanes still in ...

Pilot Bruce Klein shows how the 1943 Stearman biplane was built with side panels so it could be inspected every day. Picture the iconic Snoopy, brave and dauntless in goggles and leather helmet, scarf ...

The Fairey Swordfish looked outdated even before World War II began - a fabric-covered biplane in an age of sleek monoplanes. Yet in the hands of the Fleet Air Arm, it became a deadly naval weapon, ...

Its initials stand for Scout Experimental, but the S.E.5a was one of the most effective fighters of World War I. Philip Makanna For the cover of the premier issue of Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine, ...

A replica World War I-era biplane took to the skies Tuesday, preparing to mark 100 years since the military's aerial deployment to war. The yellow recreation of a BE-2 biplane from the Royal Flying ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When supersonic travel inevitably returns to the skies, the ...

The crash of a vintage biplane in a forested area of south-central Washington state left one person dead and another injured. The 1943 Stearman plane crashed Friday in the Gifford Pinchot National ...