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Popularity Contest
Which one of six past champions would have gotten your vote?
August 2007 |
By Linda Shiner
We Shocked the World
Nikita Khrushchev's son recalls the night Sputnik made history.
August 2007 |
By Sergei Khrushchev (Translated by Lyudmila Khomenko Chillico)
Russia's Long Love Affair with Space
It started with Utopian dreams and rocketeers.
August 2007 |
By Asif Siddiqi
Clearing the (Cabin) Air
A new research program aims to answer the old question: Is the air in airplanes really unhealthy?
August 2007 |
By Bettina H. Chavanne
Tuskegee Memories
This World War II veteran loved flying all airplanes, but especially the Mustang.
August 2007 |
By Diane Tedeschi
Calling All Mustangs
This September a super-size squadron of P-51s will relive the legend.
August 2007 |
By Stephen Joiner
An Airplane in Every Barn
A once-thriving organization of rural pilots is struggling to survive.
August 2007 |
By Giles Lambertson
Danger: Airplane Crossing
Controlling airplanes on the ground is a thornier problem than controlling them in the air.
August 2007 |
By Michael Milstein
X-15: The Hollywood Version
Charles Bronson starred. The Pentagon had a few minor corrections.
August 2007 |
By airspacemag.com
How do military aircraft helmets track where a pilot is looking?
August 01, 2007 | By Joe Pappalardo
Flocking ScanEagles
When it comes to operating UAVs, six heads aren't better than one.
August 2007 |
By Joe Pappalardo
It All Started with Sputnik
An eminent space historian looks back on the first 50 years of space exploration.
July 2007 |
By Roger D. Launius
The Niihau Zero
Pieces of Pearl Harbor's lone surviving Zero tell of a violent clash of cultures and a race for technology.
July 2007 |
By Nick D'Alto
Hunting Zeros
Finding an airworthy Zero is not easy these days. In fact, you can count them on one hand.
July 2007 |
By Roger Mola
Operation Highjump
A year after World War II ended, the U.S. Navy mounted a massive-though hastily planned-mission to the bottom of the world.
July 2007 |
By Paul Hoversten
How Things Work - Afterburners
Jets get no kick from champagne, but a little fuel in the tailpipe...
July 2007 |
By Damond Benningfield
