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A historically accurate reproduction of the Wright Model B, built by the Wright Experience, is on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

For their first airshows, the Wright exhibition team relied on the Model B.
March 19, 2008 | By Paul Glenshaw

The gum wrapper is modern, but the medallion, scraps of paper, and builder

The strange things restorers find in old aircraft.
May 2008 | By Bettina H. Chavanne

To find the very best books about the world of aviation and spaceflight, we asked for recommendations.
March 2002 | By Our Panel Of Experts

January 2002 | By J.R. Dailey

Jimmy Doolittle had a doctorate in aeronautical engineering.

Machines alone could not have pushed the airplane forward.
March 2003 | By Patricia Trenner

When the twin-engine America proved underpowered, Curtiss added a third engine. It worked on Keuka Lake, but fuel consumption proved too high for an Atlantic crossing.

The seaplane Glenn Curtiss designed in 1914 may have had trouble on the ocean, but its reproduction is delighting a whole town on a lake.
March 2008 | By James Wynbrandt

This colorful Bede BD-J5 takes a break from the action at an airshow in Sion, Switzerland in June 1989.

The Minijet, the Weejet, and other good ideas that went nowhere.
March 01, 2008 | By David Noland

Among the first to see the historical value of aircraft, Ed Maloney opened a museum in 1957 and has been adding airplanes ever since, like the Hawker Hurricane. What makes the Planes of Fame Air Museum especially thrilling to airplane fans is aircraft that fly.

The man behind, beside, and all over, the Planes of Fame Air Museum.
March 2008 | By Marshall Lumsden

Charlie Kulp, 82, flew this Piper Cub (and wore those overalls) in more than 800 performances since 1973.

Charlie Kulp bids farewell to his alter ego, the "Flying Farmer."
March 01, 2008 | By Linda Shiner

The aviation pioneer chronicled his life and work in a once rare (but now freely downloadable) 1912 book.
March 01, 2008 | By airspacemag.com

Cromwell Dixon in his Curtiss biplane at the Helena fairgounds on September 30, 1911.

A new biography details the exploits of teenage aviation pioneer Cromwell Dixon.
March 01, 2008 | By Tom Harpole

A pilot waits somewhere in the south Pacific for a rescue plane in April 1944.

Tales of downed pilots led to one of the Institution's most important contributions to World War II.
January 01, 2008 | By Pamela M. Henson

The X-15 that hangs in the Smithsonian Institution

A short guide to the fastest airplane ever.
November 2007 | By Linda Shiner

Download and build your own paper model.
November 01, 2007 | By airspacemag.com

Over the years, the family

Of the 20 stray aircraft his father rescued, the author remembers that first bomber best.
November 2007 | By Wally Soplata

Bell XS-1

How six X-planes took aviation to 7,000 mph.
November 2007 | By Patricia Trenner

An airplane-dependent Colorado ranch profiled in a 1952 Look magazine article.

A once-thriving organization of rural pilots is struggling to survive.
August 2007 | By Giles Lambertson

Your chance to pick the "Best of the Best".
August 2007 | By The Editors

Pat McNerney flies the Kreider-Reisner as its 28th owner.

Which one of six past champions would have gotten your vote?
August 2007 | By Linda Shiner

On May 17, 1913, Cuban aviation pioneer Domingo Rosillo used a naval escort to make the Key West-to-Cuba trip in a French Morane-Sulnier.

Chronicling the island's rich aviation history
August 2007 | By Jorge and Diana Rodriguez

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