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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.

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Stories from the war that shaped a generation.

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The last U.S. F-4s were retired in 1996 (a U.S. Air Force RF-4C during the Vietnam War); about 800 still fly worldwide.

Moments & Milestones: The Phantom at 50

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Wilbur and Orville Wright

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Aeroplane!

In 1910, showmen flew death-defying stunts in Wright airplanes. Sometimes, death won.
May 2008 | By Paul Glenshaw

As vice president, Gerald Ford (with pipe) toured the country in a VC-131H, one of several in the executive fleet.

The Things It Carried

How an unremarkable Convair C-131H transported cops, patients, prisoners, and Gerald Ford.
July 2008 | By Thomas DeFrank

Mark Dusenberry built and flew this replica of the Wright 1905 aircraft.

Aircraft That Changed the World

We fearlessly (or foolishly) pick 10.
July 2008 | By The Editors

Vietnam Memoir

25 years after the dedication of the Vietnam War Memorial...
March 18, 2008 | By airspacemag.com

Jeff Stone (beside the plane) prepares to take his grandmother, Molly MacNeil Stone, for her first airplane ride in a Piper J-3

It's Never Too Late to Take That First Flight

My grandmother loved her first and only airplane ride.
June 2008 | By Hilliard Stone

Collections: Malta's Work in Progress

May 2000 | By Tom Huntington

Flights & Fancy: The Western Canadian Ramjet Co.

May 2000 | By Gordon J. Twa

In the Museum: Beautiful Obsession

May 2000 | By Patricia Trenner

Viewport: First Impressions

May 2000 | By John Dailey

Collections: The Riches of East Fortune

January 2001 | By John Sotham

Flights & Fancy: The Last Laugh

January 2001 | By William K. Kershner

In the Museum: The Mystery of the MiG

January 2001 | By Z. Byron Wolf

Viewport: That's a Wrap!

November 2001 | By J.R. Dailey

Unbreakable

World War II aircraft that were shot to hell—and came back.
November 2001 | By Cory Graff

The Avengers

They torpedoed enemy ships during World War II. Now they fight fire.
November 2001 | By Marshall Lumsden

The Reunion

A fighter pilot, his escort, and one hell of a coincidence.
September 2001 | By John Fleischman

That '70s Airshow

Business, babes, and barnstormers. For awhile, Reading, Pennsylvania, had it all.
September 2001 | By Roger Mola

Oldies & Oddities: The LIttle Steel Strike Airlift

July 2001 | By Robert G. Pushkar

Viewport: Original Casting

July 2001 | By J.R. Dailey

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