• About Air & Space
  • Email Updates
  • Member Services
  • Shop
  • Archive
airspacemag.com
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Smithsonian Channel
  • goSmithsonian
  • Smithsonian magazine
  • Home
  • History of Flight
  • Flight Today
  • Military Aviation
  • Space Exploration
  • Photos & Videos
  • Subscribe

  • History of Flight

Online Poll: The People's Choice

Your chance to pick the "Best of the Best".

  • By The Editors
  • Air & Space Magazine, August 01, 2007

Article Tools

  • Font
  • Share/Save/Bookmark Share
  • Email
  • Print
  • Digg Digg
  • Comments
  • StumbleUpon StumbleUpon
  • RSS
  • Reddit Reddit

    Which one of six vintage aircraft gets your vote for “Best of the Best?”

    Read their stories (Experimental Aircraft Association’s Oshkosh, Wisconsin, under the auspices of the National Aviation Heritage Invitational, sponsored by Rolls-Royce North America, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, the National Aviation Hall of Fame, and the Reno Air Racing Foundation.

    Even if you can’t be in Oshkosh, you can still cast your vote!

    Which one of six vintage aircraft gets your vote for “Best of the Best?”

    Read their stories (Experimental Aircraft Association’s Oshkosh, Wisconsin, under the auspices of the National Aviation Heritage Invitational, sponsored by Rolls-Royce North America, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, the National Aviation Hall of Fame, and the Reno Air Racing Foundation.

    Even if you can’t be in Oshkosh, you can still cast your vote!


     
    Comments

    Post a Comment


    Name: (required)

    Email: (required)

    Comment:



    Advertisement


    Most Popular Video

    • Newest
    • Most Viewed

    Race TV

    The 2009 Reno Air Races were the first to be broadcast live.

    Jetting Through the Grand Canyon

    Jetting Through the Grand Canyon

    An RAF pilot takes his T-33 on a joyride in 1959.

    Space Station Fly-Around

    Space Station Fly-Around

    Take a narrated tour of the station with the same animation astronauts use in training.

    Armstrongs Close Call

    Armstrong’s Close Call

    A fiery bailout while training to land on the moon.

    Ares I-X Launch

    NASA tests a prototype of its new Ares 1 crew launcher.

    Jetting Through the Grand Canyon

    Jetting Through the Grand Canyon

    An RAF pilot takes his T-33 on a joyride in 1959.

    PTQ: Put Together Quickly

    PTQ: Put Together Quickly

    Watch Boeing technicians repair an airliner—in two minutes.

    Space Station Fly-Around

    Space Station Fly-Around

    Take a narrated tour of the station with the same animation astronauts use in training.

    Armstrongs Close Call

    Armstrong’s Close Call

    A fiery bailout while training to land on the moon.

    Wright B Over Manhattan, 1912

    Wright B Over Manhattan, 1912

    In the winter of 1912, Frank Coffyn filmed the first silent motion pictures of New York ever taken from an airplane.

    Most Popular

    • Viewed
    • Emailed
    • Commented
    1. Space Shuttle Jr.
    2. Devils’ Advocates
    3. The First Photo From Space
    4. A&S Interview: Yang Guoxiang
    5. Slim and Bud
    6. The Do-Everything Bomber
    7. B-36: Bomber at the Crossroads
    8. Reno Wrap-up
    9. Sightings: Hazy's Hits
    10. Aircraft That Changed the World
    1. Slim and Bud
    2. Space Shuttle Jr.
    3. A&S Interview: Yang Guoxiang
    4. Legends of Vietnam: Super Tweet
    5. Out in the Breezy
    6. Humans vs. Robots
    7. Are aft-facing airplane seats safer?
    8. The First Photo From Space
    9. Airliner Repair, 24/7
    10. Jumping Ship
    1. What determines an airplane’s lifespan?
    2. Amelia's Astronaut Connection
    3. How Things Work: Electromagnetic Catapults
    4. Over the No-Fly Zone
    5. Legends of Vietnam: Super Tweet
    6. Slim and Bud
    7. Lake Murray's Mitchell
    8. Top NASA Photos of All Time
    9. Space Shuttle Jr.
    10. Devils’ Advocates

    Advertisement

    Marketplace

    SmithsonianStore

    Night at the Museum Adult Collage Tee
    Item no: 28206

    Window Shopping

    Gifts, Gadgets and Great Finds!

    Travel & Adventure

    A Family Weekend in Washington, D.C.: Featuring "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian"

    Spend a fun-filled weekend with your family discovering the magic of the new feature film, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" (Jul. 24 - 26, 2009)

    In the Magazine

    January 2010

    • Thanks For the Memories
    • Space Shuttle Jr.
    • The Big Race of 1910
    • The Do-Everything Bomber
    • Legends of Vietnam: Super Tweet
    • Ode on a Canadian Warbird

    View Table of Contents »

    Snapshot

    Nice Save

    This camera's no point-and-shoot. Now, come see it for yourself.

    Reader Scrapbook

    Send In Your Photos

    Check out our scrapbook of readers' aviation and space pictures. Then add your own.

    Need to Know

    What determines an airplane’s lifespan?

    Some keep flying for decades, while others end up on the scrap heap.

    • Smithsonian Store
    • Smithsonian Journeys

    In the Cockpit: Inside 50 History-Making Aircraft

    Item No. 10304

    Astronomy in Hawaii

    Gaze at the stars and learn about the Universe from the beautiful island of Hawaii (Apr 29 - May 6, 2010)



    View full archiveRecent Issues


    • Jan 2010

    • In his portrait of the storied racer Rare Bear and its crew, photographer Tyson Rininger captures the sense of anticipation that surrounds air races. “Something’s coming,” this quiet night scene seems to suggest. “Tomorrow, it’s win or lose.”
      Nov 2009


    • Sep 2009

    Newsletter

    Sign up for regular email updates from Air & Space magazine, including free newsletters, special offers and current news updates.

    Subscribe Now

    About Us

    Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine has been delighting aerospace enthusiasts with the best writing about their favorite subject since April 1986. As an adjunct of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, Air & Space matches the grand scope of the Museum, encompassing every era of aviation and space exploration. With stories that range from the Wright Brothers to the design of NASA's next lunar lander, Air & Space emphasizes the human stories as well as the technology of aviation and spaceflight.

    Explore our Brands

    • goSmithsonian.com
    • Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
    • Smithsonian Institution
    • Smithsonian Catalogue
    • Smithsonian Journeys
    • Smithsonian Channel
    • Site Map
    • Privacy Policy
    • Copyright
    • About Air & Space
    • Contact Us
    • Advertising
    • Reader Panel
    • Subscribe
    • RSS

    Smithsonian Institution

    Produced by Clickability