At first the propeller turns slowly, then with a burst of noise and a puff of smoke, the huge radial engine of the 1929 Ford Tri-Motor comes to life. In moments, all three engines are churning away ...

First-year example of the classic plane stands ready for modern missions.

King in the cockpit of a rare 1930 Waco, which he ferried from Wisconsin to California. At about 75 mph and 2,000 feet above the northern Virginia countryside, the purpose of an old, open-cockpit ...

One of the challenges of flying a vintage aircraft is that, by modern standards, they are a little light on instrumentation that allow the pilot to safely traverse visual obscuration brought on by ...

At Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, a "living" museum of aviation history, pilots coax antique machines made of wood, cloth, and wire into the skies over upstate New York. Some are unlike almost any modern ...