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Today in aviation history: First night flight achieved

On March 10, 1910, French aviator Émile Aubrun completed the world's first night flight in a Blériot XI, flying 12 miles in Argentina and marking a milestone in aviation history.
Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida is an underrated aviation museum featuring one of the world’s largest private aircraft collections and rare planes you can explore up close.
An aviation museum in Southern Utah known for its unique planes just finished restoring a 1950s Soviet fighter jet, one of ...
Ready for lift-off? This incredible Ohio aviation museum is huge, unforgettable, and filled with aircraft that make your heart race.
One of the biggest draws for aviation geeks to visit Tucson is to see decommissioned or otherwise idle aircraft. Two sites have become renowned for hosting these types of airplanes from around the ...
From the myth of Icarus to the sketches of Leonardo Da Vinci's ornithopter, humanity has looked to the sky since first watching birds take wing. History is dotted with ill-advised attempts to achieve ...
From the Me 262 to late-war Spitfires and Mustangs, this list ranks WWII’s quickest combat-ready aircraft by top speed and ...
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The Hagerstown Aviation Museum will unveil a new painting honoring Fairchild Aircraft’s history and the innovators behind its iconic planes.
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Zero-emission flight took a giant step forward with ZeroAvia flying the largest aircraft in the world to be powered by a hydrogen-electric engine. Its 19-seat Dornier 228 testbed aircraft, was ...