During WWII, engineers produced some of the most iconic aircraft in history. From sleek fighters to hulking steel beasts -- ...

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Franklin Z. Widder III was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania on March 29, 1931, to Franklin Z. Widder, Jr. and Edith (Hertzog). He died at home of heart disease on August 26, 2025, at the age of 94. He ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Some toys are timeless. Favorites like water guns, scooters, and the Etch-a-Sketch continue to shape generations of children and their ...

The end of the school year represents the start of camp season, and the local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association 976 recently held its annual aviation camp for teens aged 13 to 15.

What would kids do today without television and the internet? Barbara Tatom, director of the Pioneer Museum of Alabama, said kids would probably do what kids did back in the yesteryear. They would ...

The two-seater airplane barrels down the runway at New Orleans Lakefront Airport with the engine growling and the propeller whirling. Blaise Misse grips firmly on the controls as the small plane lifts ...

Flaps, or more properly 'trailing edge high lift devices,' have two functions—they increase drag and enable the wing to sustain lift at a lower speed. [FLYING Magazine] Flaps increase drag to allow ...