On this day in aviation history-July 16, 1948-the Vickers Viscount took to the skies for the first time, marking a major milestone in commercial aviation. Designed by Vickers-Armstrong in response to ...

After years of flying in the prop wash of its competitors, Capital Airlines last week got a chance to zoom ahead of the pack. At Washington’s National Airport, President James H. (“Slim”) Carmichael, ...

A new Brisbane to Townsville flight speed record has been set after a Trans Australia Airlines’ giant turbo-propelled Vickers Viscount — the ‘Hamilton Hume’ — made the journey in two hours and 24 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Steel advertising model of a Vickers ...

Jetliners are airborne behemoths that have shuttled passengers from place to place since the mid-20th century. But while passenger jets produced by Boeing and other aviation heavyweights have become ...

Design of the Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engine began in April 1945 and was completed by June 1946. The engine first ran in July 1946, and first flew in the nose of a Lancaster testbed aircraft in ...

FREELAND, MI - On a cold, stormy Easter Sunday 60 years ago today, a midair malfunction took the lives of 47 passengers and crew as Capital Airlines Flight 67 crashed short of the runway at Tri-City ...