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The muralist, painter, and author Tom Lea

The Art of War

The paintings of Tom Lea, Life magazine's artist-correspondent during World War II.
February 06, 2009 | By Rebecca Maksel

George Mosolov toured the National Air and Space Museum in 2007.

A&S Interview: Georgy Mosolov

A top Soviet-era test pilot talks about his favorite MiGs and his friend Yuri Gagarin.
January 22, 2009 | By Tony Reichhardt

Before crashing into the moon, the Ranger spacecraft sent back images of the lunar surface 1000 times better than what could be obtained from telescopes on Earth.

A Smashing Success

How the Ranger probes’ moon crashes helped pave the way for Apollo.
January 21, 2009 | By Paul Hoversten

Cities From the Sky

Sherman Fairchild, the photographer who transformed aviation
January 12, 2009 | By Rebecca Maksel

Because France and Spain would not grant the United States overfly rights, the 1986 F-111 raid on Libya required a lengthy detour.

Above & Beyond: Take a Left at Portugal

January 2009 | By James A. Jimenez

A world traveler, the dapper Julian founded Black Eagle Airline in 1946 to ferry goods between North and South America.

The Black Eagle of Harlem

The truth behind the tall tales of Hubert Fauntleroy Julian.
January 2009 | By David Shaftel

Among the locals helping the Wrights were Tom Beacham (second from right) with young son John and his dog Bounce.

Present at Creation

From five witnesses came a family tradition to honor the moment the airplane was born.
January 2009 | By Tom Crouch

One More Second

The masters of time are about to give us a little extra. Use it wisely.
January 2009 | By James R. Chiles

Dressed in drone livery, QF-4s are targeted during weapons testing. The testing is done at two Air Force bases, Tyndall in Florida and Holloman in New Mexico. F-4s replaced converted F-106s as the military’s drone of choice. Also droned in their time: F-86 and F-100 fighters and F-102 interceptors.

Where Have All the Phantoms Gone?

How a fighter-bomber-recon-attack superstar ended up as fodder for target practice.
January 2009 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

Red Whittaker with his namesake, Red Rover II. Hours after Google announced its Lunar X Prize, Whittaker threw his ’bot in the ring.

Red and The Robots

Red Whittaker’s rovers have already gone where no robot has gone before. Will one of them make it to the moon?
January 2009 | By Geoffrey Little

Weightless Workouts

A new fitness machine on the space station brings astronaut exercise into the 21st century
December 31, 2008 | By airspacemag.com

The first humans to travel to another world get a sendoff from the closeout crew before boarding their spacecraft, December 21, 1968. Bill Anders is at right.

To Boldly Go

Sending Apollo 8 to the moon was a risky mix of cold war politics, bravery, and the faith of one man, George Low, in his engineers.
December 19, 2008 | By Michael Klesius

Warbird Obsession

It's an addiction. Admitting you have it is the first step.
December 03, 2008 | By Rebecca Maksel

The Flying White House

Presidential airplanes, past and present.
November 06, 2008 | By Rebecca Maksel

The recovery crew arrived five hours after the Soyuz landed.

If I Were to Land on Mars...

A small malfunction lands three astronauts on Russia’s version of the Red Planet.
November 2008 | By Don Pettit

The 1984 open house at Tempelhof.

Above & Beyond: The Village of Tempelhof

November 2008 | By CHARLES BRADY

ouija board

How Things Work: The Ouija Board

Think of a shipboard chess game with airplanes instead of pawns.
November 2008 | By Mark Wolverton

Before flying on a B-32, Marchione (front, second from right) had been on a B-24 Liberator crew that included his buddies Rudy Nudo and Frank Pallone (front, second and third from left, respectively).

The Last to Die

The war in the Pacific ended as it began, with a surprise attack by Japanese warplanes.
November 2008 | By Stephen Harding

Fifty years ago, an aircraft hangar at Ohio

Moments & Milestones: The First “A” in NASA

November 2008 | By GEORGE C. LARSON, MEMBER, NAA

So popular is the Navion that airplane lvoers consider a complete restoration, like David Peters

Accidental Classic

From the designers who brought you the P-51 Mustang, an airplane with a complicated past…and a controversial present.
November 2008 | By Mark Huber


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