A replica of a historic seaplane is returning to the lake where its original was built in 1911. Waterbird, the UK's first successful seaplane, flew over Windermere in the Lake District in 1911, but ...

Ukraine said its attack destroyed a Russian aircraft type for the first time in history. It said it destroyed two Russian Be‑12 "Chaika" aircraft in an attack in Crimea. Russia has been using the ...

The year was 1916, just 12½ years after the Wright brothers had their first successful flight at Kitty Hawk. World War I was underway in Europe, and the U.S. would join the fray the following year.

After World War II, Britain dreamed of reviving luxury air travel with flying cruise ships like the Saunders-Roe Princess, massive seaplanes offering multi-deck cabins, bars, and sleeping suites. But ...