Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...

The last Martin Mars flying boat made its final flight last week, marking the end for a World War II-era seaplane so hulking it had rockets to assist with take-off. Initially developed as maritime ...

marking the end for a World War II-era seaplane so hulking it had rockets to assist with take-off. Initially developed as maritime patrol flying boats for the US Navy, the Martin Mars fleet was ...

Pittsburgh once had a significant cohort of women pilots who flew airplanes for fun and for profit. Roberta Wassel was one of them.

Pilot John Leppla, right, was a WWII Navy ace, credited with shooting ... forces without air support except for eight reconnaissance seaplanes, two of which tried to engage the U.S. bombers ...

The dream of transatlantic flight, which once seemed impossible, has become an integral part of global connectivity.

The first major step toward regular transpacific flights came on April 17, 1935, when Pan Am sent the Pan American Clipper, a ...

Flying in from Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, a World War II-era plane called the Philippine Mars landed in Seaplane Lagoon at about 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 9. The Alameda ...

The 1,400-square-foot mural chronicles the roots of aviation on Long Island from 1908-1927 and was painted at the old Roosevelt Field aviation complex.

This was an innovative design during an era when the Air Force's existing jet fighter, the F-80 Shooting Star, had the straight-out wings and stubby nose of World War II propeller-driven fighters.