North American began production of the P-51A Mustang at its Inglewood, California, production plant. As the war effort ramped ...

The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwable was the world's first operational jet aircraft and was powered by an engine designed by ...

The iconic North American P-51 Mustang turned the tide of the air campaign in World War II in the allies’ favor. According to ...

Dr. Robert Jarvik, who was a key designer of the first permanent artificial heart implanted in a human, died on Monday in his ...

On this day in aviation history-83 years ago, on May 26, 1942-the Northrop XP-61 Black Widow prototype took to the skies for the first time. At the controls of aircraft XP-61-NO, serial number ...

Spirit of St. Louis on display in the Boeing Milestones of Flight exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington ... Day from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET.

The San Diego Air and Space Museum is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and is California’s official air and space education center.

Pima Air and Space has the nation’s third largest collection of airplanes, behind the Smithsonian ... Museum is open daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas day from 9 a,m. to 5 p.m ...

On the two-day flight starting Feb. 17, 1911, taking off from Kenilworth Park in Petaluma, Wiseman was carrying letters from the town mayor, businessman George P ... Air and Space Museum ...

This Saturday is the next Soar Together: Family Day at the National Air and Space Museum. This is a fun event for anyone interested in aviation and space exploration. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the ...

The aircraft is dedicated to U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Donald Strait, a retired commander of the New Jersey Air National Guard (NJANG), who flew a P ... Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

The museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, in Chantilly, Virginia, houses many additional artifacts in an open, hangar-like setting. There is no public parking facility for Smithsonian ... p.m. Early ...