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Area 51: Origins
America’s once-secret air base had humble beginnings.
Need for Speed
Airplanes with a mission: Fly faster.
Beyond the Moon
It’s not a place, exactly. But it could be NASA’s next destination.
The Invention of Flight
Inventors, dreamers, daredevils, charlatans: Aviation's early years had them all.
Vietnam Memoir
Stories from the war that shaped a generation.
Our photo editor offers 12 tips to make your airshow album a work of art.
May 2009
| By Caroline Sheen
Robert “Hoot” Gibson’s priorities: (1) Fly. (2) Fly some more.
May 2009
| By Robin White
All the aircraft the legendary pilot has ever flown.
March 17, 2009
| By Robert L. Gibson
The Web site of the Federal Aviation Administration, like most government sites, is pretty tame, but can be an interesting browse for prop-heads. For instance, clicking around the Flight Delay Information map, you’ll learn that at New York’s JFK International, “Disabled Aircraft…causing departure d...
March 11, 2009
| By Pat Trenner
Wondering who wrote the first description of flying over a landscape, I came across this charming passage by Jacques Charles, French scientist and inventor of the hydrogen balloon. Charles wasn't the first to fly—that honor goes to Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, who fle...
March 04, 2009
| By Tony Reichhardt
Jupiter’s moon Europa is a worthy target for exploration, so don’t get me wrong. It’s good news that NASA and the European Space Agency are going forward with plans for a dual-spacecraft mission to Europa, Ganymede and Jupiter's other moons in 2020. It just means we won’t see balloons flying over S...
February 27, 2009
| By Tony Reichhardt
Michael O'Leary, head of Ireland's low-cost airline Ryanair, let slip on Friday that he was considering charging passengers to use the onboard lavoratories. "We are looking at...putting a coin slot on the toilet door," O'Leary told reporters, suggesting a British pound coin per restroom visit.Other...
February 27, 2009
| By Pat Trenner
Chesley Sullenberger and his crew have been duly credited for their successful ditching in the Hudson River. But a British pilot writes in a recent issue of Flight International:
"The crew that carried out the Hudson ditching are testimony to the fact that training pays." Well, I've only been doing...
February 26, 2009
| By Pat Trenner
Chesley Sullenberger talks about That Day, his advice for young pilots, and hitting the ditch button (or not).
February 18, 2009
| By Linda Shiner
Rest and renewal in a long-standing pilot community.
March 2009
| By Del Wilber
If you want a customer to spend $10 billion on your jet fighters, you gotta bust some Mach.
March 2009
| By Jorge and Karen Escalona
Four aircraft so ugly they could only be published on the web...
June 1997
| By Air & Space staff
When is a helicopter like a Patsy Cline song? When it falls to pieces.
January 2009
| By Peter Garrison
Where you can fly from Chicago to Atlanta without leaving your living room.
January 2009
| By Ed Regis
The masters of time are about to give us a little extra. Use it wisely.
January 2009
| By James R. Chiles
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