OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — Idaho-based Kitfox Aircraft introduced one of the more interesting looking light sport aircraft here at Airventure by simply adding a radial engine to the front. The 110 ...

Discover the story of the Yakovlev UT-2, the Soviet Union's primary WWII pilot trainer that first flew on July 11, 1935.

CAF's B-29 FIFI nears return to flight after key engine repairs; revised tour dates announced as the historic bomber prepares for its summer comeback and continued tribute to WWII veterans.

A legendary company that helped start Wichita on the path to airplane manufacturing prominence formed 100 years ago this ...

Tulsa Aircraft Engines (TAE), in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is Weatherly's long-time supplier of the Pratt & Whitney R-985 radial engine designed into the Weatherly 620-B aircraft model.

Bore and Stroke: 108 mm (4.3 in.) x 133 mm (5.3 in.) Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation was established in Los Angeles in 1919, and first produced a 5-cylinder radial engine. Beginning in 1931, ...

Since then, all manner of aircraft have been devised. The driving force behind them was their ever-improving engines. But one such engine pre-dates planes by two years: the radial engine, built in ...