On this day in aviation history, December 29, 1939, the first prototype of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator made its first flight. In time, the Liberator would become the most widely produced ...

The first piece of B-24 was completed at Willow Run two days after the attack. But Edsel had promised that the massive bombers would take flight in May 1942. After numerous delays and production ...

Absolutely nothing was done to make (the B-24) comfortable for the pilot, the co-pilot or the other eight men in the crew, even though most flights lasted eight hours, sometimes ten or more ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library continues Staff Sgt. Robert "Bob" Hickman's story of survival in World War II.

Orlando and Miami International Airports, among others, were experiencing ground stoppages Thursday due to a failed test ...