RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) – An aircraft that made history on multiple levels is making its way back to Central Illinois. The Tuskegee Airmen / WASP Traveling Exhibit, honoring the first Black military ...

In 1937, a new DC-3A “Mainliner” that took off from Cheyenne en route to Salt Lake slammed into a mountain during a surprise ...

On March 16, 1916, the U.S. Army's 1st Aero Squadron flew its first military mission over foreign territory during the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa in Mexico.

Flailing in the dark: aeronautics before the 19th century -- Starts and stops: aeronautical progress in the 19th century -- The real beginning: the Wright Flyer -- Seat-of- the-pants design: the era ...

For decades, the "Miss Pittsburgh" airplane hung over the security check-in at the old landslide terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport. But when the new terminal opened, the historic plane did ...

In this day and age of high-tech autonomous drones and aircraft, an International Space Station (ISS) that circles the planet every 90 minutes and CEOs that board private rocket ships on the regular, ...

The Freedom Plane is carrying some of the United States' founding documents on a nationwide tour to celebrate the country's 250th birthday. Here's what we know.

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The name Arnel J. Cronkhite might not get the same reaction as Orville or Wilbur Wright, but he was ...