Harold Ridley successfully implanted the world’s first artificial intraocular lens.

The Battle of Britain which took place in the Autumn of 1940 could have led to an early end to the Second World War if ...

BMW is best known for cars, but during World War II, the company was tasked with making airplane engines for the German ...

On Aug. 15, 1940, Royal Air Force pilot Gordon Cleaver scrambled into the cockpit of his Hawker Hurricane and lifted into the sky. A wave of Luftwaffe bombers was thundering across the English ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...

With all due love and respect to the Spitfire (including my personal experience sitting in the cockpit of one), the numbers don’t lie. Winner: Hawker Hurricane.

The history of military aviation is filled with powerful and deadly aircraft that have played significant roles in warfare.

Elizabeth "Elsie" MacGill was the first woman in Canada to earn a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and the first woman in the world to earn a master's degree in aeronautical engineering and ...

Hawker Hurricane. Pilots of the 4th Fighter Group, Eighth Air Force, first took the Thunderbolt into combat. The fighter weighed more than twice as much as the Spitfires many men had flown previously, ...