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Aircraft

Jettingen-Scheppach, Germany

Kuno II

The world's first jet-powered aircraft were assembled by the Germans in this secret factory in the forest during WWII.

A flip-top head allows access to the cargo hold.

space exploration

The World's Chonkiest Plane Is Fighting COVID-19

The Soviets made it to carry spacecraft. Now it's zooming medical supplies around the globe.

Bailey Berg May 29, 2020

Crowds on Al Moaz in Cairo.

The Ghost Airline That Has Linked Cairo and Tel Aviv for Decades

Air Sinai is shrouded in mystery. But why?

Shira Telushkin April 23, 2020

The only restored Halifax in Europe

Yorkshire Air Museum

This aircraft museum is home to one of just three Halifax bombers in the world.

A peregrine falcon who just had lunch.

Peregrine Falcons Came Home to Roost in a Boeing 737 Plant

After pausing production of the 737 MAX, Boeing will get help evicting its resident birds of prey.

Sabrina Imbler February 13, 2020

Exposed interior of the 747

Atlanta, Georgia

The 747 Experience

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

“Pennies from Heaven.”

Falls Church, Virginia

'Pennies from Heaven'

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

Hargeisa War Memorial.

Hargeisa, Somalia

Hargeisa War Memorial

A MiG-17 fighter jet sits atop this memorial to the indiscriminate bombardment of Hargeisa.

Transcontinental Air Mail Route Beacon

Transcontinental Air Mail Route Beacon

This giant tower beacon was a key navigation tool for pilots delivering mail amid the night skies.

The Mark 39 bomb.

Riverside, Ohio

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

The "Bacardi Bomber" now resides at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.

military history

Bacardi's Head Honcho Once Tried to Bomb Castro's Cuba

After many a misadventure, his warplane is on display today.

Anne Ewbank October 31, 2019

Plane's engine on the summit.

Tibherine East Crash Site

An old airplane engine forms an unusual cairn atop this Moroccan peak.

Fighter jets at Chateau de Savigny-lès-Beaune.

Savigny-lès-Beaune, France

Château de Savigny-lès-Beaune

This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.

Schorfheide, Germany

Finowfurt Aviation Museum

This former Soviet military base has over 10 original aircraft and an enormous amount of memorabilia on display.

Catalina wreckage on Vatersay.

Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Catalina Wreck

The rusting remnants of a flying boat lie scattered near the site of its fatal crash.

A Boeing 727 that once belonged to the sister of the Shah.

Tehran Aerospace Exhibition Center

A graveyard of old and rare planes that once were the glory of Persian aviation.

The sculpture in the traffic roundabout.

Toy Autogyro Sculpture

This fantastic sculpture of an early model helicopter celebrates the local toy industry.

Memorial at the center of the site.

Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site

A memorial marks the spot where a plane crash killed several United Nations members on a peace mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.