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They're like highly specialized surgeons: there are few of them and they're in great demand.
March 2002 | By Stephan Wilkinson

An XC-35 in flight.

Why you remain conscious at 30,000 feet.
January 2002 | By George C. Larson

Are government and industry doing enough to make the sky secure?
January 2002 | By Lester A. Reingold

Birds do it, bees do it. Can two weird aircraft make aviation history doing it?
January 2002 | By Graham Chandler

Never operate your airplane engine lean of peak exhaust gas temperature. These guys aren't buyin' it.
July 2004 | By George C. Larson

By 1927, airplanes were a national craze. At the original tour’s stop in Boston, crowds gathered for a closer look at the Ford 4-AT Tri-motor.

Why are so many Golden Age airplanes traveling the country together this fall?
September 2003 | By Mary Collins

Jackson and his technicians recently refurbished a civilian transport that had been converted from a Douglas A-26 Invader.

"Uh oh. Why is this piston rod left over?" Meet the pilots who are gutsy enough to fly freshly restored airplanes.
July 2003 | By Mark Huber

Nine guys who have raised puttering in the garage to an art form.
July 2003 | By Matthew Stibbe

Carol Sugars and Doug Roodante in their green machine.

Doug Rodante plans to fly his L-29 cross-country using cooking oil for fuel.
February 25, 2008 | By Roger Mola

Thanks to the wonders of computer animation, Gerry Merrill

Gerry Merrill says he can build you one for $150,000.
March 2008 | By David Noland

Beneath a replica Piper PA-12 wing, sits this Breezy pilot Matt Hlavac, near San Diego.

With little fanfare (and less structure), the Breezy homebuilt spreads the message: Flying is fun.
January 2008 | By Jason Paur

A trio of Sport class racers skim the high desert.

A course in handling the course at the National Championship Air Races.
January 2008 | By Larry Lowe

Rare Bear takes off for the Saturday Gold race. On Sunday, pilot John Penney finished first in the Unlimited class.

Dispatches from the 2007 National Championship Air Races.
September 2007 | By Larry Lowe

A pulse detonation engine, fueled by ethylene and air, fires on a test stand at a General Electric research center.

An engine with a checkered past is the power of the future.
September 2007 | By Jim Mathews

Researchers have been looking far and wide for biofuel sources, including switchgrass.

Richard Branson and Boeing heap hope-and hype-on biofuels.
September 2007 | By Michael Milstein

The developers of Cargolifter CL 160, a German design, used to say that their craft could carry 26,000 pounds of food to disaster victims. But the Cargolifter itself needs aid now; its parent company has declared bankruptcy.

The latest thing in airships.
September 2007 | By Ben Iannotta

In the Dreamliner

When aircraft designers wanted to make passengers feel happy, they turned to psychologists.
September 2007 | By Douglas Gantenbein

A four-place kitplane with a pusher propeller, the Velocity SE FG offered a sturdy off-the-shelf airframe for a rocket-engine modification.

Can aviation's newest spectator sport lead to routine space travel?
September 2007 | By Larry Lowe

Target date 2025: A pilotless, Mach 20 Hypersonic Cruise Vehicle.

Weapons research may yet produce a true spaceplane.
September 2007 | By Geoffrey Little

Paul DiMare

How a skilled artist fast-forwards to the hypersonic airplanes of 2025.
September 2007 | By Paul DiMare

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