World War I was shaped by the new vehicles developed during the four years of conflict. A century after the start of the war, we’re looking back at the most remarkable vehicles—the planes, cars, tanks ...

One look at the GA-1 and even a casual observer would question whether the cumbersome aircraft was airworthy. In 1919, a three-year old aerospace company based in Seattle, Washington would be awarded ...

World War I is like the cradle of the aeronautical industry. Before that, people weren't sure what planes were good for, and they certainly didn't know they could be used to kill each other. The red ...

John Elliot’s Fokker Triplane at Warrenton-Fauquier Airport in Virginia has succesfully been installed with a 1918 LeRhone ...

The triplane will forever be remembered as an icon of early aviation—thanks in large part to Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the “Red Baron.” Today, more than a century after ...

A new electric plane under development sports a basic wing design with roots that go back to World War I. The Faradair BEHA, a short-haul business and passenger jet, uses three main wings joined ...

Two years in the making, a replica Sopwith Triplane has become a highlight of the permanent exhibition at the Metoděj Vlach Aviation Museum in Mladá Boleslav, Czechia. Vladimir Handlik and the ...

A plane-mad engineer has spent five years and £50,000 building a perfect replica of the Red Baron's Fokker triplane - and is still flying it despite coming close to death in a crash. Paul Ford used ...

A retired German GP has sold an incredible replica World War One triplane he made in tribute to his hero the Red Baron after admitting to being too scared to fly it. Dr Peter Brueggemann, 59, who ...

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