The story of the Short Solent at the Oakland Aviation Museum begins at the Short Brothers factory in Rochester, England during WWII with the production of the Short Seaford, an ungraded ...

The museum also is home to a tremendous aircraft dubbed the Short Brothers Solent MKIII. Because of their ability to land and float on water, these planes were known as flying boats.

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A Short Solent Mark III sits outside at the Oakland Aviation Museum in Oakland on Dec. 14, 2014. The Short Solent was a passenger flying boat produced by Short Brothers in the late 1940s.

Today in Aviation History is a series highlighting the achievements, innovations, and milestones that have shaped the skies. All the previous anniversaries are available HERE.

Pigs might fly? The incredible tale of the Short Brothers proved just that - and more - as the brothers shaped the course of aviation history.

As part of the Wright brothers 120th anniversary, News 3 Now's Kyle Pozorski met up with aviation historian John Dorcey at the Kelch museum to reflect on the brothers and share how other lesser ...

The Sullenberger Aviation Museum will open to the public on June 1 — and Captain C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger and his flight crew that completed the “Miracle on the Hudson” landing will ...

Everyone knows the Wright Brothers, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh and Chuck Yeager, but you can’t write the history of aviation without Harriet Quimby. Not only was Quimby the first American ...

Two brothers considered to be aviation and aerospace royalty visited the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Thursday before an event today where they will talk about their careers and ...