OTTAWA, CANADA — I was soaring like a superhero. I flew without gravity during eight brief stretches on my Aug. 1 flight. Among my personal items was an Apollo 13 mission patch; the Hollywood hit ...

Sir George Cayley holds a pivotal position in the history of aviation, often celebrated as the father of the science of flight. His pioneering work in the early 19th century laid the foundational ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – More than 3,500 Rochester City School students had the opportunity to step inside a real hot air balloon inflated inside their school gym. This district-wide event aimed to bring the ...

NC State’s aerospace program, hot-air balloons, moths in flight and sustainable farming. Learn all about NC State’s aerospace program, which boasts astronaut Christina Koch as an alum. See how hot-air ...

Each flight course requires the purchase of textbooks and other accessories. Textbooks for flight courses and certain pilot accessories are available for purchase at Saint Louis University Center for ...

All airline pilots in the United States are required to hold an airline transport pilot certificate. To obtain this certificate, applicants must have at least 1,500 flight hours, 200 cross-country ...

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Virginia Museum of Natural History has a new special exhibit. “The Science of Flight” made its debut in late January. The exhibit gives visitors the chance to dive ...

Located on the Pacific coast of Aomori Prefecture, the small city of Misawa has long been defined by its aviation heritage. In 1931, it was the takeoff point for the first successful nonstop ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Greensboro Science Center has unveiled its latest traveling exhibit, Above and Beyond, an immersive experience that invites guests to explore the history and future of aviation ...

Flight simulator games are some of the most popular video games out there. Not to mention, games like Microsoft Flight Simulator happen to be some of the oldest games around. Microsoft Flight ...

When they built the first airplane that carried a man, the Wright brothers were inspired tinkerers, not original thinkers; they did not concoct the theories on which their contraption was based. That ...