Aircraft

A man in a plane delivers Christmas packages to lighthouses.

One of the oldest amusement rides in existence was a huge disappointment to its creator.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

Mysterious wreckage of a small plane has been lodged in this tree since at least 1971.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

A middle school sports field that many believe was the true location of the first successful powered flight - and not by the Wright Brothers.

This gold-winged spire celebrates the first true flight around the world.

The Canaima airstrip in Venezuela keeps an antique DC 3 plane in its camp.

A Japanese pilot crash-landed on this Hawaiian island after the Pearl Harbor attack and terrorized locals for a week.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.

The world's 2nd or 3rd or 4th busiest seaplane base.

A labor of love and aviation in Nigeria.