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Bob Englar revived the Custer Channel Wing for wind tunnel experiments directing airflow.

That Extra Little Lift

Willard Custer's Channel Wing looked like a mistake. Turns out his critics were the ones who were wrong.
May 2007 | By Tim Wright

In the 1930s, a group of air-minded Oregonians started one of the first homebuilding clubs. Here, the pilots and builders banded together against a new threat: federal regulation.

The Resistance

A hub of creativity for early airplane builders: North Carolina? Ohio? Nope—Oregon. And these Oregonians had an independent streak.
May 2007 | By Ken Scott

A & S Interview: Michimasa Fujino

President and CEO, Honda Aircraft Company
May 2007 | By Linda Shiner

Above & Beyond: Milk Run

How a milk run from an aircraft carrier nearly killed me.
May 2007 | By Chris McKenna

A group of astronauts and flight controllers monitor the action in Mission Control during the Apollo 13 mission

Did Ron Howard exaggerate the reentry scene in the movie Apollo 13?

A little bit, maybe, but not much.
May 01, 2007 | By Joe Pappalardo

Joe Tanner works outside the International Space Station during the STS-115 mission.

Tools of the (Astronaut) Trade

What you'll need to assemble your own space station.
March 01, 2007 | By Joe Pappalardo

Aluminum Overcast.

Airplanes of the Eighth

Where to see B-17s and Mustangs for yourself.
March 2007 | By Allison Hagerman

A & S Interview: Frank Robinson

The world's most prolific builder of civilian helicopters.
March 2007 | By Mark Huber

Before supercomputers, wind tunnels quantified performance. Reference measurements on this model are used to determine the cross-sectional area for tests of a modified F-8

Model Behavior

In the age of computer design, why do engineers still send airplane models to the wind tunnel?
March 2007 | By Peter Garrison

Lockheed Martin

Shape Shifters

Shape-memory polymers and other technologies may create an airplane for all missions.
March 2007 | By Michael Milstein

Astronauts attach the Port 1 truss to the International Space Station in 2002.

How Things Work

Space Station Truss
March 2007 | By Adam Pitluk

Great Hero Yang

In 2003, China's first astronaut stepped out of his space capsule and into the limelight.
March 2007 | By James R. Hansen

Commercial airliners parked in Marana, Arizona, are stripped of their parts, some of which will be turned into other products.

We Recycle

Used airplane parts can appear in the strangest places.
March 2007 | By Lee Ann Tegtmeier

A tour of Eighth Air Force history wouldn

In the Footsteps of the Mighty Eighth

A writer searches southern England for traces of a legendary World War II air force.
March 2007 | By John Fleischman

Northrop Flying Wing

And Then There Was One

Ten airplanes that are the last still flying.
March 2007 | By Stephen Joiner

At the Sun

Life of a Salesman

Guys who sell airplanes don't always make the deal, but they always have the funniest stories to tell.
March 2007 | By Mark Huber

Airline pilot Mark Watt flies Steve Craig

Interview: Steve Craig

Proud owner of the last flying Wildcat
March 2007 | By Diane Tedeschi

glowing thrusters of a Progress spacecraft

How does the International Space Station dodge space junk?

The 200-ton orbiting behemoth can get out of harm's way, but not very quickly.
March 01, 2007 | By Joe Pappalardo

Marlon Green in the cockpit of one of Continental

Aviation's Jackie Robinson

It took a Supreme Court decision, but in 1963 Marlon Green finally broke into the majors.
March 2007 | By Tony Reichhardt

The Astronaut Farmer: A Talk With the Filmmakers

This throwback to the space program's past highlights the power of dreams.
March 2007 | By airspacemag.com


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