The Vought V-173 “Flying Pancake” was one of WWII’s strangest aircraft experiments. Discover why the U.S. Navy tested this circular-wing plane.

Air power may have proved lethally effective during the First World War, but the technology was still in its infancy. By 1939, however, European air forces as well as North American and Asian powers ...

Germany’s Me 262 became the first operational jet fighter in history, surpassing all Allied aircraft in speed and performance. Entering service too late and plagued by shortages, it failed to alter ...