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What the astronauts really said

Apollo "onboard voice" recordings captured the moon astronauts' conversations -- cussing and all -- when no one else was listening.

Drones for Hire

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The Invention of Flight

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Disaster at Xichang

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The New York City skyline forms a lovely backdrop for the airfield.

New York City’s first municipal airport couldn’t take a bad picture.
September 14, 2010 | By Diane Tedeschi

Thousands watched the China Clipper as it set off on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight on November 22, 1935.

November 2010 | By George C. Larson, Member, NAA

A 1921 Robert Spence photo of Venice Pier.

November 2010 | By Vickey Kalambakal

After 98 years in storage, a historic piece of U.S. aeronautica arrived at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in northern Virginia. The lifeboat was used on two early attempted airship crossings of the Atlantic.

November 2010 | By Tom D. Crouch

Images from the archives of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.
September 14, 2010 | By David Romanowski and Melissa Keiser

Over 15 episodes, Captain Midnight survived bombs, fire, near drowning, and more, before delivering criminal mastermind Ivan Shark to the police — a departure from the comic strip, in which Shark was devoured by a polar bear.

In the 1930s and ’40s, heroic pilots engaged enemy aircraft — every Saturday morning.
November 2010 | By Rebecca Maksel

On July 14, 1938, thousands gathered for the return of Howard Hughes, who in four days had flown a Lockheed Super Electra around the world.

A National Park Service project reclaims aviation history.
November 2010 | By David Shaftel

The postwar 11AC Chief (with a side of cheesecake) had 75 percent of parts in common with the Champion.

The nation's first mass-produced lightplane started as a homely, humble homebuilt.
November 2010 | By Giles Lambertson

November 2010 | By J.R. Dailey

The day Claude Grahame-White thrilled the crowd at the Boston-Harvard meet.
September 08, 2010 | By Gavin Mortimer

From contemporary news articles and earlier hints from Sir George Cayley, a cartoonist created this depiction of what the 1834 mystery craft could look like.

September 2010 | By Tom D. Crouch

3-D photos of early balloons and aero meets, from the Smithsonian vaults.
August 17, 2010 | By The Editors

Search parties still hunt for Amelia Earhart, who vanished on July 2, 1937.

...on the Missing Persons File
September 2010 | By The Editors

Carl Schahrer, commander of the B-29 Boomerang, shows off the talisman, on which his crew carved their missions.

For some pilots, a good-luck charm is standard equipment.
September 2010 | By Michael Klesius

The "Texaco 13," the most famous Mystery Ship, set more than 200 speed records in the early 1930s.

September 2010 | By George C. Larson, Member, NAA

September 2010 | By J.R. Dailey

In 2003, a 727 that once flew for American Airlines disappeared from Angola.

A case pursued by the FBI, the CIA, the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security, CENTCOM, and the sister of Ben Padilla.
September 2010 | By Tim Wright

The dapper Edgar Mix (1905 self-portrait) avidly documented aeronautical events around Paris.

The celebrated aeronaut found Earth-bound life difficult to navigate.
September 2010 | By Rebecca Maksel

Reconstruction of a South African Airways Boeing 747 has failed to reveal what started an onboard fire, which led to the loss of 19 crew members and 140 passengers.

What brought down these five airplanes?
September 2010 | By Lester A. Reingold

The islands of Bermuda beckon to passengers on a Lockheed C-121C Super Constellation in 1956. There may have been some nervousness in the cabin. Today most travelers don’t give flying into the Bermuda

Mysteries solved, secrets revealed, and questions finally answered.
September 2010 | By The Editors

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