History of Flight
We Represented All Women
During World War II, WASPs proved that an airplane couldn’t tell the difference between a male and female pilot.
By Jonna Dootlittle Hoppes
Why We Miss the X-15
Not only was it the fastest. It may have been the best flight research program ever.
By Linda Shiner
Above and Beyond: Too Much, Too Soon
By General Robert L. Cardenas, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) As told to James P. Busha
A&S Interview: Captain Eric Brown
Holder of the Guinness World Record for most types of aircraft flown
By Rebecca Maksel
The Dawn of Discipline
A B-47 pilot remembers when an airplane—and Curtis LeMay—stiffened the spine of the Strategic Air Command
By Walter J. Boyne
The Billy Mitchell Court-Martial
Courtroom sketches from aviation's Trial of the Century.
By Rebecca Maksel
Travels with Churchill
A World War II flight engineer dishes on the most “I” of the VIPs he flew with.
By Graham Chandler
The Six
If Lockheed’s Constellation was the hare, the Douglas DC-6 was the oh-so-reliable tortoise.
By Kara Platoni
Above and Beyond: My Enemy, My Friend
Dan Cherry and Hong My met in the skies over North Vietnam in 1972, then again 36 years later.
By Dan Cherry
B-36: Bomber at the Crossroads
It was the biggest warplane ever to wear an American star, and in the summer of '49 the Peacemaker found itself a war--in Washington.
By Daniel Ford
Present at Creation
From five witnesses came a family tradition to honor the moment the airplane was born.
By Tom Crouch
The War Between the Wars
In the skies over Spain, pilots and airplanes rehearsed for World War II.
By Carl Posey
Viewport: A Battle for Hearts and Minds
From the desk of the Director of the National Air & Space Museum
By J. R. Dailey
Photos from the Attic
From the collections of Air & Space readers, personal moments in the history of flight.
By airspacemag.com
The Black Eagle of Harlem
The truth behind the tall tales of Hubert Fauntleroy Julian.
By David Shaftel
X-15: The Hollywood Version
Charles Bronson starred. The Pentagon had a few minor corrections.
By airspacemag.com
What the Red Baron Never Knew
Computer analysis of World War I aircraft shows precisely why some were deadly and others, death traps.
By Peter Garrison
A&S Interview: Georgy Mosolov
A top Soviet-era test pilot talks about his favorite MiGs and his friend Yuri Gagarin.
By Tony Reichhardt
You’ve Got Mailplanes
Square-tail Stearmans, straight-wing Wacos, and Hisso Jennies top the roster of antique airplanes at a captivating grass strip in Iowa.
By John Fleischman
The Airplanes of James Bond
After 46 hours watching all 22 films, our list numbers more than 150.
By The Editors
Above & Beyond: Shooting Up a Shooting Star
There's more than one way to dump extra fuel before landing.
By Lieutenant Colonel Alfred (Joe) D’Amario, U.S. Air Force (ret.)
Woe Canada
The only thing that kept Canada from beating the U.S. to a jet airliner was Canada.
By Graham Chandler
Oldies and Oddities: The Bonneville Jet Wars
A California hot-rodder took on the feuding Arfons brothers in the 1960s.
By Preston Lerner
Racing Planes of Fame
A visit to the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California is a tour through the history of air racing.
By Linda Shiner
The Country Where Nobody Flies
Did Cuba abandon its private pilots or did they abandon Cuba?
By Rafael Lima
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A&S Interview: Captain Eric BrownHolder of the Guinness World Record for most types of aircraft flown |
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Confidence BoosterThis little known Apollo artifact caused astronauts to rest a little easier. |
