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Mark Edwards in a turbine Air Tractor

The airplanes are faster and the power lines more plentiful, but cropdusters fly today just as they did in the 1920s.
March 2007 | By Tom Harpole

The "Father of the 747" talks about the famed airliner's birth.
January 2007 | By Bettina Chavanne

"Glacier Girl" at the Nellis AFB Airshow, November 2006.

Sixty-five years after its first attempt, the restored Lightning should finally reach England next year.
January 2007 | By Larry Lowe

The sculptural relief on the terminal

No More New Orleans Cover-up
January 2007 | By Vincent P. Caire

The Soviets

Supersonic airplanes and a screen of radar stood ready during the cold war to avert the end of the world.
January 2007 | By Carl Posey

The C was the first B-25 with a navigator

For a B-25, it was a short flight and a 62-year layover.
January 2007 | By Kay Gordon

Passenger Thomas Selfridge (left) and Orville Wright prepare to take off at Fort Myer, Virginia on September 17, 1908. They crashed soon after, and Selfridge became the first air fatality.

Aviation historians and restorers get a rare peek at a 98-year-old engine.
November 2006 | By Linda Shiner

In his new film, the actor-pilot gets to combine his two loves.
November 2006 | By airspacemag.com

Alberto Santos-Dumont’s 14 Bis had three distinctly different sets of controls, which provided the aircraft’s stability.

The Spirit of Santos-Dumont
November 2006 | By Bettina H. Chavanne

November 2006 | By Paul A. Roales

The D.VII entered service in 1918 and quickly established itself as the best fighter of the Great World War, as beloved by German pilots as it was feared by Allies.

One writer's view of flying in WWI.
November 2006 | By airspacemag.com

The rotary wing collection at the National Air and Space Museum.
May 2006 | By J.R. Dailey

The Jungmeister is a legendary aerobatic airplane developed in the 1930s.

Where can you see a a formation of World War I fighters, a Mirage 2000, and a Junkers Ju 52 all on the same day?
May 2006 | By Bettina H. Chavanne

Londoners inspect the damage following a night raid. After 57 consecutive nights of German attacks, 375,000 Londoners were left homeless.

In 1943, CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow took his radio audience along on a RAF bombing mission to Berlin.
May 2006 | By Mark Bernstein

More chances to see the famous airplane up close.
March 2006 | By J.R. Dailey

In the 1950s, the Mach 2+ B-58 Hustler seemed a safe bet to win the arms race.
January 2006 | By Dale Smith

A portrait of the F-100 Super Sabre in action during the Vietnam War.
January 2006 | By John Kocon

Radical for its day, the Douglas Skyray looked even more exotic bedecked in the stars-and-deep blue of the Navy

In the summer of '58, nothing was faster to 50,000 feet.
July 2006 | By Carl Posey

The 1912 Model F flying boat, which Curtiss sold to the U.S. Army.

Has Hammondsport, New York, done right by its most famous citizen?
July 2006 | By Phil Scott

World War I airplanes star in a feature film about the Lafayette Escadrille.
July 2006 | By Tom LeCompte

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