United Air Lines officially entered the jet age in 1959 when Flight 800—a Douglas DC-8—operated between San Francisco and New ...

Both the first novel to ever be printed in the US and the first to be written and published by an American author, call Worcester home.

An author has written yet another book inspired by his personal accounts on the LST 325 Chris Underwood is the author of the A Cold Winter series. He released his ...

With “Crick: A Mind in Motion,” the British biologist Matthew Cobb aims for the tricky “middle path”: a life vivid enough to ...

From pugger to quarrel-picker to higgler, the bygone artisanal trades of Britain once defined working life for most.

A new book details the experiences of gunners on propeller-driven B-29 Superfortresses locked in combat with supersonic jets ...

A QANTAS jet heading out of Bangkok was forced to turn around following take-off last night after the pilot discovered engine problems. A Qantas spokesman confirmed this morning there had been "an ...

Snow, altitude, and a brand-new jet engine put MonsterMax through its first real away-game test. We ship the truck to Utah, bolt the big tires on with a crane, and try to crawl, plow, and finally ...

(Bloomberg) — Boeing Co. announced a $4.9 billion accounting charge and delayed debut for its 777X jetliner, a reminder of the long recovery ahead for the US planemaker even as rising aircraft ...

Innovations in jet technology are happening all the time. This is due to modern advancements, which are leading engineers in new directions previously only theorized. The latest example is the plasma ...