TIGHAR's Richard Gillespie on a new expedition being launched into the recovery of Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane.
Investigators think they've uncovered a key clue that will lead them to solve the mystery of what happened to legendary aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared on a trans-Pacific flight 75 years ago.
VICE meets Bertrand Piccard, inventor of a long-range solar airplane that uses environmentally-friendly technologies.
It can't be very hard for Bertrand Piccard to explain to his family why he wants to fly around the world with only sunlight for fuel.
With its jumbo-sized wings laden with photovoltaic solar cells, the Solar Impulse is a revolutionary green plane.
It wasn't until a recent trip to the National Air and Space Museum that I grew to appreciate what we have lost in the past decade of suffocating airport security.
Peter Alderman's parents use their foundation to honor their son who was killed on 9/11 while helping tragedy survivors.
A replica of a 1910 aircraft built by flight pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright crashed Saturday in a field near Springfield, Ohio, killing the two men aboard, the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported.
Passengers of flight 1549 watch as their plane is loaded onto a flatbed to be placed in a museum. WCBS reports.
The aircraft that Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger heroically landed in New York's Hudson River began its long ride Saturday to an aviation museum in Charlotte, North Carolina.
CNN special correspondent Philippe Cousteau describes his team's incredible journey to the "top of the world."
Catlin Ice Base: Mission critical
The fate of famed aviator Amelia Earhart remains a mystery after DNA tests on one of three bone fragments discovered on a Pacific island proved inconclusive.
Remains discovered on a South Pacific island could solve the 73-year-old mystery of her disappearance
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday a proposal to include pilots' photographs on their pilot licenses -- something that was required by law in 2004 but has yet to be enacted.
Six years after Congress passed a law requiring photos on commercial pilots' licenses, a Republican congressman says he is dismayed that Federal Aviation Administration-issued licenses still have only two pictures on them -- those of Wilbur and Orville Wright.
On his Facebook and MySpace pages, he boasted about flying high and taking a five year break from the skies
From airliners to robotic drones, the next generation of flying machines are inspired by nature's experts.
So you're in the market for a new vehicle. Any chance you'd consider one with more than 100 million miles on the odometer, a neat white paint job and a sticker price of $28.8 million? Probably not.
It has become a commonplace that it is hard to comprehend the disaster in Haiti.
A group that works to settle refugees says there are no plans to relocate earthquake survivors to the U.S.
Boeing's latest aircaft, the 787 Dreamliner, has its maiden flight in Washington state.
After more than two years of delays, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner made its maiden flight Tuesday in a three-hour trip that the maker described as a success.
Oscar winning actress, Hilary Swank, sits down with CNN producer JD Cargill to discuss her lastest film, 'Amelia.'
"Amelia" is a frustratingly old-school, Hollywood-style, inspirational biopic about Amelia Earhart that doesn't trust a viewer's independent assessment of the famous woman pictured on the screen.
Pakistan's Air Force has enrolled the first group of women to be trained to fly fighter jets. CNN's Reza Sayah reports.
Six years ago an ad in the Sunday paper changed a young Pakistani woman's life and made aviation history.
A single-engine plane crashed Saturday outside a bank in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, seriously injuring the five people on board, authorities said.
A single-engine plane crashed in front of a Bank of Oklahoma. Several people were transported to a local hospital.
Wearing an antique leather flight suit and sneakers, Bill Allen inserts a steel crank into the cowling of his 1930 Stearman biplane and leans his weight against the handle. The machine emits a faint whirling sound that grows in pitch until it blares like an air-raid siren. Allen steps back and dashes around the double wingtip. Clambering up the steps to the fuselage, he swings into the tiny cockpit.
The Night at the Museum star says she wants to keep it low key when she marries
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