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Flight Today
Sightings: Water Striders
South African pilots go lake-skiing in their AT-6s.
By Frans Dely
Military Aviation
How to Win Enemies and Influence Policy
From the halls of power to field laboratories, the Air Force Chief Scientist helps shape the future of U.S. flight.
By Mark Wolverton
Space Exploration
Black Day at White Sands
What goes up, must come down. In the Delta Clipper's case, really hard.
By Preston Lerner
Web Extra
Flight Today
2010 Airshow Planner
Use our interactive map to link to more than 150 events and share your airshow experiences.
By Air & Space staff
Flight Today
Build-It-Yourself Helicopters
If you have 700 hours to spare and can shim a rotor assembly to within .001 of an inch, here's a hobby for you.
By James R. Chiles
Flight Today
Barnstorming in the Blood
One of the world's most inventive pilots makes everything old look new again.
By Debbie Gary
Military Aviation
Monster Bomber
At the Pima Air and Space Museum, the B-36 is the largest U.S. warplane ever rebuilt.
By The Editors
Web Extra
Space Exploration
From Beyond
A new exhibition of awe-inspiring photos from the first 50 years of planetary exploration.
History of Flight
Grab the Airplane and Go
How to repossess an airliner without getting shot, or thrown in jail, or beat up, or slammed into a wall, or...
By Stephen Joiner
Military Aviation
A&S Interview: Ray Puffer
The former Air Force historian asks, "Can anyone dispute that I had the most interesting job in the entire Air Force?"
By Perry Turner
Snapshot
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Send In Your Photos
Check out our scrapbook of readers' aviation and space pictures. Then add your own.
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F-105 Walkaround
Get a close look at the National Air and Space Museum’s Thunderchief.
Inside a B-2 Bomber
A 360-degree panorama taken inside the flight deck of a B-2 bomber.
Space Station Fly-Around
Take a narrated tour of the station with the same animation astronauts use in training.
Truck Killer: The A-26
The Douglas Invader was the scourge of the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Go For Launch!
Space shuttle Discovery gets prepped for flight—in just under four minutes.
Rookie
A space shuttle commander recalls his first flight.
Enterprise's First Captive Flight
A spaceship built for tourists gets its first carry test.
The Flying Laser
The Air Force's Airborne Laser Testbed, up close.
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To find the very best books about the world of aviation and spaceflight, we asked for recommendations.
The Road to the Future… Is Paved With Good Inventions
We bring you 10 great ideas that made flying safer, easier, or just a whole lot more fun.
The Air and Space Online Book Club
Ever finish a book and wish you could ask the author over for a little follow-up conversation? Well, here's your chance.
The Department of Never Mind
A collection of six inventions that prompt a single question: What the…?
An Apollo Anthology
A collection of readings, pictures, and videos to mark the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing.
Airmail Odyssey: 1918-2008
In September 2008, three historic mailplanes marked the anniversary of U.S. airmail by tracing the original coast-to-coast route.
WWII: A Reader's Guide to the Air War
Our pick of the best books and memoirs on World War II aviation.
Cities at Night: An Astronaut’s View
Urban nightscapes are among the most beautiful sights in orbit.
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