The Boeing P-26 “Peashooter” occupies a unique place in aviation history as America’s first all-metal, monoplane pursuit aircraft. More than just a museum piece, the P-26’s blend of 1930s innovation ...

Blériot first ventured into aeronautical design between 1900 and 1902 when he built a series of model "ornithopters"—aircraft propelled by flapping wings—that were powered by carbon-dioxide engines.

THE recent order of the War Office suspending the use of monoplane flying machines for military purposes has led to the renewal, in the daily Press, of a discussion of the old riddle, “Which is the ...

I WANTED to fly over New York because I had been trying to make myself air-minded. If you are not air-minded these days, you never get invited anywhere. It’s like not being able to play bridge: women ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Wood, metal, and silk exhibit model ...

Image (courtesy of Paul Maxim): Reginald White (in cockpit) and David Percival Fisher with the Fisher Monoplane at Pigeon Bush, Wairarapa, on a windy autumn day in 1913. The Film Archive commemorates ...