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Charlie Kulp, 82, flew this Piper Cub (and wore those overalls) in more than 800 performances since 1973.

Goodbye, Silas Hicks

Charlie Kulp bids farewell to his alter ego, the "Flying Farmer."
March 01, 2008 | By Linda Shiner

Among the first to see the historical value of aircraft, Ed Maloney opened a museum in 1957 and has been adding airplanes ever since, like the Hawker Hurricane. What makes the Planes of Fame Air Museum especially thrilling to airplane fans is aircraft that fly.

Ed Maloney's Mission

The man behind, beside, and all over, the Planes of Fame Air Museum.
March 2008 | By Marshall Lumsden

Would you have spotted it? The writer and the CAP officers with him on his search flight kept missing this old aircraft wreck, one of six uncovered in the course of the Fossett search. The Nevada landscape is cruelly good at concealing wrecks.

The Search for Steve Fossett

One tough job for the U.S. Civil Air Patrol.
March 2008 | By Michael Behar

Thanks to the wonders of computer animation, Gerry Merrill

Who Says a Jet Can't Be Cheap?

Gerry Merrill says he can build you one for $150,000.
March 2008 | By David Noland

Orbital Outfitters developed the pressurized polyurethane suit for XCOR.

High Fashion

Space tourists, dressed to thrill.
March 2008 | By Bettina H. Chavanne

This colorful Bede BD-J5 takes a break from the action at an airshow in Sion, Switzerland in June 1989.

The Elusive Dream

The Minijet, the Weejet, and other good ideas that went nowhere.
March 01, 2008 | By David Noland

Here, the Spitfire leads; World War II statistics say otherwise.

Best of the Battle of Britain

In this corner, the Vickers Supermarine Spitfire; across the ring, the Hawker Hurricane. Which is the more valuable restoration?
March 2008 | By John Fleischman

The winner of the first Schneider Trophy race was France with a Deperdussin. The replica can float; the original won the race in 1913 with a speed of about 46 mph.

Racing Planes of Fame

A visit to the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California is a tour through the history of air racing.
March 01, 2008 | By Linda Shiner

A & S Interview: Richard Garriott

A second generation space traveler talks about his upcoming tourist trip to the space station.
March 01, 2008 | By Irene Klotz

The Quiet One had a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) camera on its belly that helped the pilots navigate at night.

Air America's Black Helicopter

The secret aircraft that helped the CIA tap phones in North Vietnam.
March 2008 | By James R. Chiles

When the twin-engine America proved underpowered, Curtiss added a third engine. It worked on Keuka Lake, but fuel consumption proved too high for an Atlantic crossing.

America the Cruisable

The seaplane Glenn Curtiss designed in 1914 may have had trouble on the ocean, but its reproduction is delighting a whole town on a lake.
March 2008 | By James Wynbrandt

Above & Beyond: Wings? Frail. Engine? Weak. Fly? Let's.

March 2008 | By Larry Lowe

The fearsome Vigilante was meant to carry nuclear weapons but ended up lugging reconnaissance cameras.

Flights & Fancy: Thai Boom

March 2008 | By R.R. "Boom" Powell

Snow Bird

Moments & Milestones: The Unknown Aeronaut

March 2008 | By George C. Larson, Member, NAA

Carol Sugars and Doug Roodante in their green machine.

Fly Canola!

Doug Rodante plans to fly his L-29 cross-country using cooking oil for fuel.
February 25, 2008 | By Roger Mola

The malfunctioning satellite will be taken out by an SM-3 standard missile, similar to this one fired last June from the destroyer USS Decatur. In that test, the missile successfully intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Hawaii.

Satellite Shoot-Down

The Pentagon plans to knock one of our own out of the sky.
February 14, 2008 | By Paul Hoversten

Pilots of the Sopwith Camel complained that the engine, guns, fuel tank, and pilot were clustered too close. They didn

What the Red Baron Never Knew

Computer analysis of World War I aircraft shows precisely why some were deadly and others, death traps.
January 2008 | By Peter Garrison

A Short (Very Short) History of the F-19

What airplane came in a little box and never flew?
January 2008 | By Patricia Trenner

A & S Interview: Michael J. Neufeld

How much did Wernher von Braun know, and when did he know it?
January 01, 2008 | By Diane Tedeschi

Staff Sergeant Robin Walker (left) reports no foreign objects in the inlets to Staff Sergeant Greg Slavik piror to takeoff from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

Unconventional Weapon

What we learned about stealth technology from the combat career of the F-117.
January 2008 | By Bill Sweetman


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