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The aviators, scientists, engineers and astronauts who have shaped the story of air and space flightDiscover Air & Space articles about the people who have shaped the history of flight – and those who will shape its future.
The Spin Debate
If spins can kill, why aren't pilots trained to handle them?
November 2003 |
By Joseph Bourque
Expert Witness
The EWO and the MIRV: Cold war talk for an RC-135 crew's lucky day.
November 2003 |
By Robert L. Brown
Growing Pains
It's the one area of space science in which you get to eat the experiment.
September 2003 |
By Robert Zimmerman
Astronaut, Cosmonaut... Euronaut?
Space exploration may come naturally to Europeans, but it doesn't come easily.
September 2003 |
By William Triplett
Ground Proximity Warnings
Better technology is helping airline pilots keep a safe distance from terrain.
September 2003 |
By Damond Benningfield
Vang's War
How the fighting in Southeast Asia transformed a curious young man into a fiercely dedicated pilot.
September 2003 |
By Roger Warner
The Rest of the Rocket Scientists
Some went west. This is the story of the ones who went east.
September 2003 |
By Anatoly Zak
Sticks for Hire
"Uh oh. Why is this piston rod left over?" Meet the pilots who are gutsy enough to fly freshly restored airplanes.
July 2003 |
By Mark Huber
To Snatch a Sabre
Fifty years ago, North Korea's secret allies plotted to heist from the United States a North American F-86.
July 2003 |
By Ralph Wetterhahn
Is It Worth the Risk?
The astronaut who commanded the first shuttle flight after Challenger explains his decision.
July 2003 |
By Richard Hauck
Silver Bullet
No airplane in the world could outshine Howard Hughes' H-1 Racer--until Jim Wright built a copy of it.
May 2003 |
By Preston Lerner
Meeting Wilbur and Orville
To understand the brothers, one historian found that what you know is less important than who you know.
March 2003 |
By Tom D. Crouch
The 1903 Wright Flyer
Find out why the world's first controllable airplane was a bear to control.
March 2003 |
By Phaedra Hise
I Have Today Seen Wilbur Wright and his Great White Bird
The airplane debuted to rave reviews.
March 2003 |
By Mary Collins
Aviation's Birth Certificate
When a private collection of Wright Company papers went public, we discovered that many of our notions about the Wrights' business practices were wrong.
March 2003 |
By Douglas Gantenbein
10 Great Pilots
Machines alone could not have pushed the airplane forward.
March 2003 |
By Patricia Trenner
10 Milestone Flights
You wouldn't have wanted to be along on most of them.
March 2003 |
By Perry Turner
In Search of the Real Wright Flyer
Building a replica of the first airplane requires a certain resourcefulness. Anybody got any horsehide glue?
January 2003 |
By Phaedra Hise
