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Swing Wings

It's all done with computers (and good old-fashioned hydraulics).
September 2006 | By Joe Pappalardo

Iranian F-14 pilots were part of an air force that endured 12-hour combat air patrols, a brutal regime, and a ruthless enemy.

Persian Cats

How Iranian air crews, cut off from U.S. technical support, used the F-14 against Iraqi attackers.
September 2006 | By Tom Cooper

The Grumman Cats

Just under nine lives that created a company legend.
September 2006 | By Brian Nicklas

Star Quality

How did we love the Tomcat? On the 20th anniversary of Top Gun, we count the ways.
September 2006 | By The Editors

Tales of the F-14

More recollections of the fabled fighter.
September 2006 | By airspacemag.com

The eight survivors: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Pluto's Planethood: What Now?

Two leading scientific experts debate whether eight is enough.
September 2006 | By airspacemag.com

Cassini views Enceladus in July 2005.

Mission to Enceladus

NASA summer students plot a course for Saturn's mysterious ice world.
September 2006 | By Tony Reichhardt

The roof of the building chosen to host El Paso

Show Me the Way to Go Home

Long before the Global Positioning System, pilots got from town to town by reading rooftops.
September 2006 | By Roger A. Mola

Sixty-five years ago, the island was burning during a two-hour aerial assault that drew the United States into World War II.

Where the War Began

A new aviation museum preserves Pearl Harbor's past.
September 2006 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

In the Museum: Lindbergh for Sale

Stanley King's memorabilia collection.
September 2006 | By Diane Tedeschi

Grissom

Home on the Plains

Gus Grissom's Mercury capsule settles down in Kansas.
September 2006 | By Paul Hoversten

Slight tweaks to SMART-1

Moonwhackers

Europe's SMART-1 is the first of several lunar crashes on the drawing board.
September 2006 | By Tony Reichhardt

Cold war B-52s flew an icy northern route on alert for a Soviet missile strike.

A Hard Day's Night

Cold war B-52s flew an icy northern route on alert for a Soviet missile strike.
September 2006 | By Bill Robinson

Would Patent #1,665,114 fly? Only in Tesla

Nikola Tesla's Curious Contrivance

"You should not be at all surprised if someday you see me fly from New York to Colorado Springs in a contrivance which will resemble a gas stove and weigh almost as much."— Nikola Tesla, 1913
September 2006 | By A.J.S. RAYL

A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon in the skies over New Mexico. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Jeffrey Allen, USAF)

Gas Guzzlers

The Air Force looks for economy at the pump.
September 2006 | By Mike Harbour

The U.S. Air Force began using an off-the-shelf Skyhawk in 1964 to train cadets.

Cessna's Golden Oldie

What flies into your mind when you hear the words "light aircraft"? We bet it's the 172.
July 2006 | By Roger A. Mola

Northrop built 13 YP-61s, which were used for flight testing. This YP-61

In the Museum: High Flier

Restoring the Northrop YP-61 Black Widow
July 2006 | By Diane Tedeschi

At the Movies: Take Two

World War I airplanes star in a feature film about the Lafayette Escadrille.
July 2006 | By Tom LeCompte

Commentary: Thank You For Not Flying

Helicopter ambulances could be hazardous to your health.
July 2006 | By Bryan E. Bledsoe M.D.

The 1912 Model F flying boat, which Curtiss sold to the U.S. Army.

Glenn Curtiss Slept Here

Has Hammondsport, New York, done right by its most famous citizen?
July 2006 | By Phil Scott


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