Such leaps in performance required engines that could deliver more horsepower without sacrificing reliability, and few ...

In its first race, the R-1 was piloted by Jimmy Doolittle, future commander of the World War II Tokyo Raid, who flew to victory at the 1932 Thompson Trophy race and set a world land speed record of ...

The Tupolev TB-3 was a machine that looked impossible even by 1930s standards - an all-metal, four-engine bomber so large and ...

Shortly before midnight, a vintage DC-3 "Candy Bomber" and a Junkers Ju-52 -- both from the 1930s -- took off from the historic airport. Then the runway lights went black forever.