Commercial aviation has come a long way since the Wright brothers first lifted off at a speed of just 34 mph. What began as a fragile experiment in a controlled flight environment has grown into an ...

Fuel-breathing legends and modern speed machines in one lineup. We focused on real-world fighters with published maximum ...

Dropped in mid-air from beneath the wings of a B-52 mothership, the X-15 A-2 ignited its powerful rocket engine and streaked into the upper-atmosphere. Previous burns only lasted 90-seconds, but on ...

The race to build the fastest fighter jets on Earth has produced machines that barely seem compatible with human reflexes. From Cold War interceptors to stealthy air superiority icons, these aircraft ...

Gulfstream announced today that its ultra-long-range, ultra-large-cabin Gulfstream G650 achieved Mach 0.995 as part of its 1,800-hour flight-test programme. The aircraft achieved this speed during ...