First, Steve Barba drew airplanes. Next, he painted on airplanes. Now, he’s creating a sculpture of an airplane — among other things — out of objects other people throw away. Barba, of Sturgis, is an ...

Ed Schmued designed the North American P-51 Mustang fighter that helped the Allies win World War II. A decade later in 1952, now working for Northrop, Schmued outlined a simple, single-engine jet ...

Aspiring artists, now is your chance to draw like a pro! Smithsonian isn’t giving you any excuses not to explore your creative side this evening: free materials, a clothed model and thousand’s of the ...

After our first cutaway collections on spacecraft and weapons, here comes a new one: Aircraft! You can see here a few really rare and special illustrations, some of them never published on the ...

This collection consists of 8000 reels of 35 mm microfilm engineering drawings of aircraft and engines from the early years through World War II. The microfilm contains engineering drawings, reports, ...

The launch of China’s J-15 fighter jet from its new aircraft carrier has sparked an Internet sensation. The self-assured hand signal of the flight deck crew members has been mimicked all over the ...

Interceptor Aircraft Co. has placed for sale the FAA type certificate, drawings, jigs, tooling and blueprints of the Interceptor 400, a pressurized single-engine turboprop, as well as the shared type ...