Barnstormer Weekend took flight at the Evansville Regional Airport from July 4 to July 6. The event featured a collection of ...

Senior veterans from around the area got the chance to fly in a World War 2 era biplane for free on Wednesday at Wittman ...

A special raffle will offer a 15-minute flight, wind-in-your-hair, open cockpit, no less, with the museum’s operations director aboard his PT-17 Stearman biplane.

On this day in aviation history, February 19, 1957, the Bell X-14 made its first flight. This aircraft, capable of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and assembled from readily available components ...

Ten-year-old Charlie Frizzo of Troy checks out the cockpit of a Stearman Biplane during the Wings and Wheels event at St. Louis Regional Airport in Bethalto on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.

The Stearman Boeing PT-17 “Kaydet” biplane served as a military trainer in the 1930s and 1940s for U.S. and Canadian military forces, according to commemorativeairforce.org.

Camden resident and retired U.S. Navy veteran Ross Munro, left, is given a pre-flight safety review by crew chief Dave Schwark before taking a ride in a World War II-era PT-17 Stearman biplane Aug ...

Today’s Top Pick is a 1941 Boeing / Stearman PT-17. Many pilots dream of owning a vintage biplane, complete with open cockpits, fabric covering, bracing wires, and other details that ...

Today’s Top Pick is a 1941 Boeing / Stearman PT-17. Flying a 1940s Stearman biplane is a singular experience that will leave any pilot feeling fortunate and perhaps humbled.

If you want a ride in a Fairchild UC-61 Forwarder, the Capital Wing’s “classic art deco aircraft,” they are $225. Also, rides in the 1942 Boeing PT-17 Stearman open cockpit biplane are $315.

Tom Majer of St. Louis exits a gyroplane after flying it during the 27th Annual Fly-In at the St. Louis Regional Airport in Bethalto. Adam Elik of Alton climbs out of a PT-17 Stearman biplane in ...

The Stearman were among the aircraft on display at the Martinsburg Airshow on Saturday. The Capital Wing will be bringing a PT-17 Stearman to Bridgeport on Sept. 8.