On this day in aviation history, 85 years ago (October 26, 1940), the legendary North American P-51 Mustang took its maiden voyage to the skies.The P-51 was an American long-range fighter whose design ...

World War II saw all manner of iconic vehicles, from the U.S.-made Jeep to the British Churchill Tank. Aircraft were no different, as innovations pushed aviation engineering past prop planes and into ...