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Is Winning Everything?
For an air racing legend named Rare Bear, yes.
September 29, 2009 |
By Diane Tedeschi
Wasser von Braun
Old Wernher the rocket scientist, if he were alive, would want one of these babies on holiday. It's a water-powered jet pack conceived in Canada by JetLev and licensed to German company MS Watersports GmbH, and it appears to address at least two major problems of jet packs: If the engine quits, you...
September 28, 2009 |
By Mike Klesius
Reno Wrap-up
What was hot—and what was not—at the 2009 National Championship Air Races.
September 28, 2009 |
By Linda Shiner
Earhart's goggles go on the block
Normally, the folks at Profiles in History, based outside Los Angeles, auction off Hollywood memorabilia. On October 8-9, they'll sell what they're billing as "the single most important flight-worn aviation artifact to ever be offered at public auction"—the goggles worn by Amelia Earhart during her...
September 25, 2009 |
By Tony Reichhardt
What happens if an airliner suddenly loses cabin pressure?
Let's just say it's not like it is in the movies.
September 24, 2009 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Over the No-Fly Zone
Patrolling over northern Iraq in 2001 felt like driving through a small town with Hell's Angels.
September 22, 2009 |
By Randy Gordon
Weirdest Hangar Ever
We recently got an announcement that a ca.-1912 hang glider, modeled after an 1896 design by Wright-brother mentor Octave Chanute, had been installed in the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California.
A 1912 Glider in the Pacific Design Center
Design centers are sort of shopping malls f...
September 17, 2009 |
By Perry Turner
First Around the World
For balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, the end of one journey marked the beginning of another.
September 17, 2009 |
By Linda Shiner
Devils’ Advocates
Some people go to Las Vegas to gamble, others to learn about Mars.
September 2009 |
By Tony Reichhardt
To Paraphrase Bette Davis, It's Going To Be a Bumpy Ride
Today’s Washington Post reports that a passenger on United Airlines flight 236 was injured on Tuesday when the Boeing 757 encountered severe turbulence en route from Los Angeles to Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C. The report notes that an Accuweather .com meteorologist said tha...
September 10, 2009 |
By Pat Trenner
Last Breath
As NASA prepares to shut down a historic wind tunnel in Virginia, some hope for a stay of execution.
September 10, 2009 |
By Michael Klesius
Accidental first
It's not absolutely certain when Blanche Stuart Scott became the first American woman to pilot an airplane (it may have been September 2, 1910, or September 4—Scott herself gave different dates). But either way, it was an accident.The 25-year-old Scott, who also went by the name of Betty, had won f...
September 02, 2009 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Above It All
It took a maze of valves and venturis—and a trio
of tycoons—to whisk passengers into the stratosphere.
September 2009 |
By Nick D'Alto
Anatomy of an Airliner
Our maxim: The airlines giveth, and the airlines taketh away.
September 2009 |
By The Editors
Spin Doctors
For that satellite dish on your roof and the phone calls you make to Japan, you can thank Harold Rosen.
September 2009 |
By Guy Gugliotta
The Road to the Future… Is Paved With Good Inventions
We bring you 10 great ideas that made flying safer, easier, or just a whole lot more fun.
September 2009 |
By The Editors
Hot-Rod Helicopters
There’s just no way to add 100 mph to the speed of a helicopter. Or is there?
September 2009 |
By James R. Chiles
Martial Arts
Memo to bad guys: Wanna know what U.S. warplanes you’ll tangle with in the future? Visit an aerospace model shop.
September 2009 |
By Chad Slattery
Mars, and Step on It
When it’s not the journey but the destination that counts.
September 2009 |
By Michael Klesius
Tiltrotors for the Rest of Us
An Osprey for commuters? Bring it on. Can we get a quiet car too?
September 2009 |
By Mark Wolverton
