Recent reports that the U.S. Department of War is moving to contract a new generation of seaplanes for missions in the ...

An in-depth look at the American Heritage Museum's restoration of PBY-5A Catalina BuNo 2459, the world's oldest flying Catalina. Rob Collings shares progress on the aircraft's unique systems, interior ...

South African engineer Henri Johnson invented the world’s first Doppler radar speed gun specifically for ball tracking in ...

Watch the maiden flight of the PBY Catalina RC model, where nearly three crashes test its stability and handling. See how this detailed scale model performs in its first real-world flight.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Radar, twin .50 caliber guns in a ...

Many of the machines created during World War II were engineered with one goal in mind: to survive anything. Eight decades ...

The core difference in business strategy is that Pratt & Whitney targeted the high-volume, fast-growing narrowbody market ...

Russo Street in Providence is less than a half mile long, running parallel to Charles Street, from Hawkins Street north to Social Street. What most of us do not know was that in the 1930s it bore the ...

Pearl Harbor’s 84th Anniversary emphasizes the "Pathways to Peace" theme and reflection on the 1941 attack. Pacific Historic Parks highlights that 2025 marks 80 years since the end of World War II.

Navy started playing organized football in 1879, when first-classman William John Maxwell formed the Naval Academy's first team. The squad practiced before reveille and after drills, against direct ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC. Today ...

Florida-based Catalina Aircraft, which holds type certificates for the PBY-5A Catalina with US and Canadian civil aviation regulators, has revealed plans to launch a modernized version of the iconic ...