An Army veteran who served as an aviator during WWII flew again for his 101st birthday, creating an unforgettable moment for ...

BATAVIA, Ill. (WLS) -- A special effort to honor veterans for their service took flight Wednesday. Four veterans from Batavia were treated to rides in an open-cockpit vintage biplane at the DuPage ...

A biplane crashed into a tree after landing at a private dirt airstrip near Sanger on Friday afternoon, the FAA says. Officials with the FAA told NBC 5 a single-engine 1943 Boeing-Stearman Model 75 ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Lee Solice, a World War II veteran who served more than two decades in the Army, ascended to new heights Monday morning (Sept. 20) thanks to the compassionate mission of a ...

U.S. Army biplanes circled overhead as the Cunard liner Aquitania steamed into New York Harbor on Feb. 28, 1919. It was a fitting welcome for Brig. Gen. William “Billy” Mitchell, a hero of the Great ...

A replica World War I-era biplane took to the skies Tuesday, preparing to mark 100 years since the military’s aerial deployment to war. The yellow recreation of a BE-2 biplane from the Royal Flying ...

SO MUCH. GIVE A THUMBS UP. JOE FINNERAN IS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. IF YOU’RE READY, WE’RE GOING TO GET GOING. THE 75 YEAR OLD SERVED AS AN ARMY MEDIC IN VIETNAM, BUT TODAY, FOR TAKEOFF. HE’S COPILOT IN ...

LAS CRUCES - World War II Veteran John Bloom, 96, took to the skies Tuesday in a restored Boeing Stearman biplane as a salute to his military service. He easily climbed into the open cockpit and waved ...

VALLEY CITY, N.D. – The Red Baron is back in the skies. Brothers Paul and Jarrod Lindemann have restored a 1941 Stearman biplane that was part of the Red Baron Squadron, an aerobatic team that ...

Fashions in fighting planes have changed since the War. Nearly all nations have gone over from the once popular biplane type to the monoplane. But the U. S. government has continued satisfied with the ...