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But more than anyone else, the pilots who have flown these Soviet-era machines over the decades will bid this workhorse of the Indian Air Force a nostalgic farewell. Veteran pilot and former IAF chief ...

IN the early 1910s, the skies were the new frontier. It was only a few years since the Wright Brothers had made the first-ever powered flights in their biplane at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina in 1903.

Painter Leonardo Da Vinci may be best known for the Mona Lisa but he was also a madcap inventor who designed some very early flying machines, including ‘ornithopters’, parachutes and gliders. Known as ...

...In Their Flying Machines: Nostalgic, comic tale of early flyers, with stars including James Fox and Terry-Thomas, in pursuit of a newspaper magnate's prize. (1965)(131 mins) ...

Valmiki’s Ramayana mentions Vimana, an ancient celestial vehicle. Modern claims of advanced ancient aviation technology are largely dismissed as fanciful. Valmiki’s Ramayana is believed to be dated ...

The Volocopter 2X, an electric vertical takeoff and landing multicopter, performs a demonstration flight during the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, France, on June 19, 2023. (AP ...