The age of piston-engine air travel still exists today, but its golden era was the 1920s to 1950s. A vast, exciting world opened to air tourists in this stylish, dashing age of glamour and more than a ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On July 15, 1954, a graceful, swept-winged aircraft, bedecked in brown and yellow paint and powered by four ...

After months of tests, the Civil Aeronautics Administration last week stamped formal approval on the engines slated to power the first U.S. jet airliners. The power plants: Pratt & Whitney’s J57 and ...