There was a time when the DC-3 was the world's most successful aircraft and an indispensable tool: its military version became a crucial factor in achieving peace in various wars and helped many people rise from the ashes during the inevitable humanitarian crises that follow every conflict. But now the Basler factory located in Oshkosh, near Chicago, in the United States, seems to have become a sinister airplane boneyard.

A hilarious countdown of the black sheep of aviation, aircraft that have embarrassed their builders,...

Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes f...

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the...

Nothing is easy about flying from an aircraft carrier. Based on a popular book by the same name, thi...

This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant ef...

An exhilarating documentary film that celebrates the unsung hero of aviation - the local airport - b...

Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York to Pa...

The story of the Avro Arrow, the world's fastest fighter plane built in 1950's Canada, and how the p...

Travel into the world of aviation and explore the dreams of flight with the Smithsonian as they step...

Go higher, faster and farther with the Smithsonian as they explore the dreams of flight.

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate Africa...

During the Vietnam War, the main threat to the strike packages was the V-750 (S-75) Dvina, the first...

Spitfires were the nemesis of the Luftwaffe and the instrument which halted Hitler’s plans for invas...

Today London, tomorrow Paris, the day after New York – the life of the "jetsetter." Long before the ...
Air Disasters exposes some painful truths behind the world of flight, using actual footage of real i...

The De Havilland Comet was the world's first passenger jet airliner. But less than two years into se...

This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to desi...

In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, sh...

Guy joins an ambitious engineering project to recover a crashed WW2 Lancaster Bomber – and the remai...

Meet Brian Boland—the beloved, eccentric hot air balloonist and artist from the rural Upper Valley o...