The Philippine Mars, one of the last surviving World War II-era Martin JRM Mars flying boats, touched down in San Francisco Bay on Sunday, marking the first leg of its final journey to a museum in ...

History was made over the weekend in San Francisco Bay. The Philippine Mars water bomber touched down near Alameda on Sunday, in an 800-mile journey from British Columbia. "To see a sea plane land ...

United Aircraft Corporation acquired the firm before World War II. Sikorsky’s firm started work on traditional aircraft and seaplanes in 1938 when Igor ... The S-47 came about without US Government ...

The history of military aviation is filled with powerful and deadly aircraft that have played significant roles in warfare.

He formed the Viking Flying Boat Co. to build sport-model seaplanes. The depression wiped ... Said Gross: “That really put us in business.” When war came, Lockheed, like other plane companies ...

After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...

As recently as July, the Brazilian navy had told Brazil’s O Globo newspaper ... as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (Tribune News Service) — The crew of the USS Fort Worth gathered Monday to celebrate the milestone birthday of Elsie “Kitty” Rippin, a World War II Navy veteran ...