Aviation

A monument tucked within a suburban neighborhood commemorates the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean.

This statue stands in honor of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the French author of 'The Little Prince' and an aviation hero.

This distinctive blue and white jet fighter is a symbol of the area’s relationship with aviation.

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen's airship docked here before leading the first-ever flight over the North Pole.

A museum of Hungarian military aviation in the middle of a small city.

This replica pays tribute to the first powered and sustained flight in the United Kingdom and the eccentric aviator who enabled it.

Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the star.

This interactive museum preserves the big aviation history of this small Missouri town

This war memorial commemorates some of the world's first paratroopers.

A former Army airfield is home to one of the largest aviation museums in America.

This unusual sculpture honors the city's namesake, Octave Chanute, for his pioneering work in early aviation.

The museum describes the story of how an Australian airline with a single biplane became one of the biggest in the world.

The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.

Dedicated to humankind's achievements in aviation, this Shintō shrine is notable for its Greek-style architecture and collection of aircrafts.

This mangled and twisted wreckage left by the side of a Mexican road was no accident, but a planned crash in the name of science and safety.

A small World War II museum housed in what was once the largest navigation school in the United States.