By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -A passenger plane crash in Nepal last year that killed 18 people was caused by faulty ...

On October 3, 1967, William J. Knight took off for a record-breaking flight, setting the fastest speed record ever recorded by a manned aircraft. This remarkable goal was achieved by a North ...

A Virgin Atlantic flight from Los Angeles to London peaked at a whopping 801 mph Monday evening 35,000 feet over Pennsylvania.

Fred J. Ascani, 92, a retired Air Force major general and test pilot who set an airspeed record and helped develop a long-range supersonic bomber, died March 28 at his home in Alexandria. He had ...

The Airspeed Ambassador seated 47 passengers and was one of the first British airliners to have a pressurized cabin.

Off-world helicopter flights are almost starting to seem mundane, as Ingenuity has now flown for the fourth time on Mars. This afternoon, NASA’s ...

After a day's delay, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched an experimental rocket-powered airplane that smashed the previous airspeed record, reaching close to 7,000 miles per ...

Sikorsky's X2 double-rotor helicopter recentlybroke the airspeed record for a rotorcraft. Here's a look at how they did it.

Multiple flights from the DC area got a roaring start to London over the weekend with help from near-record jet stream winds over the Mid-Atlantic. According to FlightAware, the flight from ...

Five international flights over the weekend were recorded going more than 800 mph due to record winds of around 265 mph.

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The team behind the Perlan II is kicking off a fourth flying season with the goal of soaring the unpowered aircraft to a record altitude of 90,000ft this year.