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People

The aviators, scientists, engineers and astronauts who have shaped the story of air and space flight

Discover Air & Space articles about the people who have shaped the history of flight – and those who will shape its future.
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My Mother Had Wings

The daughter of a WASP tells her mother's tale.
June 16, 2010 | By The Editors

A&S Interview: Ray Puffer

The former Air Force historian asks, "Can anyone dispute that I had the most interesting job in the entire Air Force?"
May 2010 | By Perry Turner

Book Club July 2010: Fighter Pilot

The memoirs of legendary ace Robin Olds.
May 17, 2010 | By The Editors

Jim Terry of the Pacific Prowler organization with the last A26A Invader, <i>Special K</i>.

Last of the Invaders

A reader tips us off to the restoration of a rare bird.
May 17, 2010 | By Rebecca Maksel

Frank Cepollina with a tool for holding fasteners.

Mr. Fix-It

Frank Cepollina takes repair calls to new heights.
May 2010 | By Robert Zimmerman

Cornelius Coffey was the first African-American to earn both pilot

The Other Harlem

In 1930s Chicago, at the corner of 87th Street and Harlem Avenue, Cornelius Coffey made aviation history.
March 2010 | By Giles Lambertson

Kelly Johnson

Head Skunk

Kelly Johnson was a giant in aircraft design. On the 100th anniversary of his birth, we find out how his legend grew.
March 2010 | By Peter Garrison

Wright brothers

In the Museum: A Wright Relic Surfaces

March 2010 | By Larry E. Tise

A&S Interview: Joe Chappell

Flight Engineer for Air Force One.
March 2010 | By Christopher Saccoccia

The 2009 Class of NASA astronauts: All dressed up, but nowhere to go.

No Stimulus Plan for Astronauts

For NASA's flying corps, it looks like 1975 all over again.
February 05, 2010 | By Matthew Hersch

Charles Lindbergh (left) and Harlan Gurney

Slim and Bud

Meet Charles Lindbergh the barnstormer—as he interviews his oldest flying buddy.
January 2010 | By Giacinta Bradley Koontz

A & S Interview: Yang Guoxiang

One of China's top test pilots recalls the H-Bomb that almost backfired.
January 2010 | By Bob Bergin

Cosmonauts (from right) Konstantin Feoktistov, Boris Yegorov, and Vladimir Komarov head to the launch pad for their Voskhod 1 flight, October 12, 1964.

Feoktistov's Starship

The pioneering cosmonaut who dreamed of interstellar flight.
December 18, 2009 | By Tony Reichhardt

An Air Force T-38A trainer over Texas.

Batstrike!

A loud thud. A shower of purple-white sparks. This can't be good.
December 14, 2009 | By Randy Gordon

Comrades carry the body of a Canadian soldier during a ramp ceremony. The author attended such ceremonies for 20 soldiers during his six-month deployment.

Above & Beyond: Canadian Helicopter Force, Afghanistan

November 2009 | By Major Jonathan Knaul

U.S. Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager circa 1947.

The Book of Hours

A peek into the logbooks of history’s notable pilots.
November 2009 | By Tom LeCompte

With highly trained engineers coming to the United States from abroad, chances are good that we’ll see more naturalized citizens in line for the Wright Trophy.

Moments and Milestones: The American Way

November 2009 | By George C. Larson, member, NAA

Tufts on the Jetwing fuselage and vertical stabilizer would reveal airflow patterns.

Oldies and Oddities: Blown Away

November 2009 | By Ken Scott

A typical Alaskan sky, photographed from Eielson Air Force Base, 25 miles southeast of Fairbanks, displays auroral structures and motions that scientists still find mystifying.

The Shining

What we still have to learn about the Northern Lights.
November 2009 | By Tim Wright

Prairie Wind

In Nowheresville, Nebraska, the Air Force learned a thing or two about turbulence.
November 2009 | By Dave Manoucheri


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