Everyone loves big planes. The bigger they are the more interesting they become. Famed mammoths like Howard Hughes' HK-1 "Hercules," otherwise known as the "Spruce Goose," and Antonov's gigantic ...

During the 1950s, an aircraft (XC-99) was parked at Kelly AFB. I believe it was the prototype (cargo version) of the Convair B-36 intercontinental nuclear bomber, flown by the Strategic Air Command ...

Driven by the demand for ever-larger aircraft to carry troops during the Second World War, as the conflict drew to a close several very large transports were in development that – when adapted for ...

At Idlewild Airport’s opening last week (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), the biggest crowds gathered around the Air Force’s huge (six engines, 230-foot wingspread) 6-36 bomber. But what made U.S. airlines take ...