The U.S. Navy’s Flying Aircraft Carriers: The Rise and Fall of the Akron-Class Airships On December 17th, 1903, the Wright brothers made history when they completed the first heavier-than-air ...

During WWII, the Soviet Union experimented with a radical concept—massive bombers carrying fighter planes deep into enemy territory. These "flying aircraft carriers" could launch swarms of fighters ...

TIERRA VERDE — To get 250 feet above the mangroves while flying at least 40 miles an hour, you don’t need a runway. Or even a pilot’s license.

Still, the carrier-based U-2 concept never gained much momentum. According to the CIA, no further U-2 flights were conducted from aircraft carriers, and no version of the U-2 ever entered service ...