The first jet-plane builder to claim a place in the skies, beating out United States rivals like Boeing, was the British ...

The airplane's history reveals surprising facts. The Wright brothers weren't the only pioneers. Animals were early passengers. Airplanes first delivered mail. Early planes used fabric and wood. Pilots ...

In fact, the first air-to-air refueling took place between a pair of De Havilland DH-4B propeller-driven biplanes on June 27, 1923, more than a century ago and only a mere two decades (give or ...