Who invented the first successful airplane depends on how people define an aircraft, Paone said. Wilbur and Orville Wright, colloquially known as the Wright Brothers, are credited with flying the ...

The Blériot XI remains one of the most important aircraft in the history of aviation, with the record-setting flights across the English Channel launching inspiration for aviators around the world.

AEW performed its maiden flight at XAC and from what can be seen on the first few small & blurry images, it is as expected a Y-20B-based design featuring a large rotodome but also a bulge on the tail.