The Oldest Airplane Factory in the World
On the west side of Dayton, Ohio, a group of old white buildings topped with arched parapets sits in a cleared lot just off U.S....
World’s Oldest Space Launch Facility: The Baikonur Cosmodrome
About 1,300 miles (2,100 km) southeast of Moscow in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, the world’s oldest and largest operational space launch facility is still...
Concrete Arrows and the U.S. Airmail Beacon System
Scattered across the United States are a network of mysterious concrete arrows. They are often found in remote locations or areas difficult to access. Some...
What Happened to the Star Dust?
When it comes to airline crashes, few have posed as many unanswered questions as the Star Dust. Originally scheduled to fly from Buenos Aires, Argentina...
Abandoned Airport: Ciudad Real
Nothing highlights the current Spanish financial problems like a new and abandoned airport. Opened in 2009 at a cost of €1.1bn, the Ciudad Real Central...
World’s Largest Aircraft: Antonov An-225 Mriya
Bigger than a Boeing 747 and Airbus A380, longer and heavier than the Hughes H-4 “Spruce Goose”, The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift...