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Home Sweet Duralumin
A Buckminster Fuller design was grounded in aerospace technology.
November 2012 |
By Nick D’Alto
Fly-Powered Planes and Other Oddities
Oddball items at the National Air and Space Museum.
October 31, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Pilots, Look Down
To find their way home, aviators used to be able to read the rooftops.
October 19, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Crash Test TV
Destroying a 727 in the name of science, and entertainment.
October 05, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Early Flight in Louisiana
A new book documents the barnstormers, aircraft designers, and airline entrepreneurs who made their mark in the deep South.
September 27, 2012 |
By Vincent P. Caire
Evacuating the Injured
A Marine Corps pilot flies CASEVAC missions in Iraq.
September 2012 |
By Rocky Checca
Artifacts on the Road
A gallery of traveling air- and spacecraft loaned out by the Smithsonian.
September 18, 2012 |
By Heather Goss
Kennedy’s Evidence
Low-level aerial photos confirmed that Soviet nuclear missiles were in Cuba in 1962.
September 18, 2012 |
By Roger Mola
The Golden Age of Flight Attendants
A new book documents the evolution of stewardesses from registered nurses to starlets in the sky.
September 18, 2012 |
By Bruce McAllister and Stephan Wilkinson
Due South of Key West
Flying fast and low over Castro’s Cuba.
September 18, 2012 |
By Paul Hoversten
The Hemingways Go Flying
The macho man of American Letters was a nervous flier. His wife was another story.
September 14, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Alarming Reports from George Orwell
In the weeks leading up to the Blitz, Londoners were still learning how to respond to air-raid warnings.
September 06, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Neil Armstrong, In His Own Words
The first moonwalker's storied aviation career
August 27, 2012 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Remembering Phyllis Diller
A story from when the famed comedian joined Bob Hope on his USO tours.
August 20, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Carlotta, the Lady Aeronaut
An 1880 balloon jaunt ends with our heroine up a tree.
August 16, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
How Do You Name an Aircraft Carrier?
It's not as straightforward as you think.
August 14, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Soul of the Skyraider
A U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation pilot describes what it’s like to fly three generations of ground attack aircraft.
August 14, 2012 |
By Linda Shiner
One-and-Onlies: The Complete List
All the Smithsonian’s one-of-a-kind aircraft
August 14, 2012 |
By Patricia Trenner
Take a Seat
Sixty-six years ago this week, Sergeant Lawrence Lambert became the first person in the U.S. to be ejected from a high-speed aircraft.
August 13, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
