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The P-47D carried eight guns and, on some models, rocket launchers.

Book Excerpt: Hell Hawks!

How P-47s became the tank busters of World War II
July 14, 2008 | By Robert F. Dorr and Thomas D. Jones

NASA

Do Drones Get Vertigo, Too?

Up there or down here, it can be a struggle to maintain “situational awareness.”
July 14, 2008 | By Roger A. Mola

An Orion-derived spacecraft approaches an asteroid, with Earth in the distant background.

The Million Mile Mission

A small band of believers urges NASA to take its next step—onto an asteroid.
July 2008 | By Michael Klesius

Restorer Dean Tilton (right) and Todd Rhode work on the Arrow

Restoration: Arrow Sport

Swen Swanson's Sportster
July 2008 | By Ken Scott

A pilot and gunner inspect the Handley.

The Few, the Brave, the Lucky

To face the enemy in World War I, pilots first had to survive flight training.
July 2008 | By Tom LeCompte

One of only two XF-90s ever built.

Nukes vs. Airplanes

Between the F-80 and the F-104, a supersonic pioneer fought the Cold War...in its own way.
July 2008 | By Jorge and Karen Escalona

As vice president, Gerald Ford (with pipe) toured the country in a VC-131H, one of several in the executive fleet.

The Things It Carried

How an unremarkable Convair C-131H transported cops, patients, prisoners, and Gerald Ford.
July 2008 | By Thomas DeFrank

A gaggle of Hawkeyes operating out of the Naval Air Facility in Atsugi, Japan, takes to the air during a training mission.

Detect and Direct

The Navy's newest Hawkeye gets closer to the fight.
July 2008 | By Preston Lerner

Mark Dusenberry built and flew this replica of the Wright 1905 aircraft.

Aircraft That Changed the World

We fearlessly (or foolishly) pick 10.
July 2008 | By The Editors

Advances in modern military UAVs have made it possible to strike an enemy from relative safety miles above ground.

In the Museum: Predators and Dragons

Stops on a tour through america's hangar
July 2008 | By Rebecca Maksel

A bridge overpass in the bucolic East German countryside would have been the primary target for a flight of four Fairchild anti-tank A-10s on a 1987 cold war mission. The bridge still stands.

Above & Beyond: The Bridge that Did Not Fall

Memorable flights and other adventures
July 2008 | By Darrel Whitcomb

That Cessna (outside the bottom left hand corner of the lower building, at center) isn

Flights & Fancy: The El Toro Follies

Whimsy, nostalgia, and just plain mischief
July 2008 | By Michael Church

Moments & Milestones: A Farewell to Radar

Produced in cooperation with the National Aeronautic Association
July 2008 | By George C. Larson

Humans vs. Robots

Which way lies our future in space? A discussion.
June 27, 2008 | By Tony Reichhardt

Yawning

When did the term "jet lag" come into use?

And has anybody found a cure?
June 18, 2008 | By Rebecca Maksel

Steve Truglia practices for his 120,000-foot jump with a shorter fall over the countryside north of London, wearing a flight suit and helmet worn by Russian fighter pilots for high altitude missions.

Super Jump

The race is on to be the next human meteor.
June 16, 2008 | By Michael Klesius

The Terrain Camera on Japan

Back to Hadley Rille

A Japanese camera spies a moonscape last explored by astronauts a generation ago.
June 16, 2008 | By Tony Reichhardt

A Little Joe II during launch

Confidence Booster

This little known Apollo artifact caused astronauts to rest a little easier.
June 13, 2008 | By Bob Craddock

Jeff Stone (beside the plane) prepares to take his grandmother, Molly MacNeil Stone, for her first airplane ride in a Piper J-3

It's Never Too Late to Take That First Flight

My grandmother loved her first and only airplane ride.
June 2008 | By Hilliard Stone

Testing a small-scale prototype of the space paper airplane in the University of Tokyo

The Ultimate Paper Airplane

Japan's bid to launch an origami aircraft from the space station.
May 2008 | By Ichiko Fuyuno


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