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The Bone Yard Project

Street art revives ancient airplanes.
April 2012 | By Heather Goss

Paul Mantz, circa 1928, fresh out of the Army Air Corps and headed for Hollywood.

Above and Beyond: Mantz Versus the Volcano

Filming for Cinerama with a fearless flyer.
August 2011 | By James Morrison

Scene from a Universal Newsreel, April 1930: Charles Lindbergh and his mother prepare to go flying.

Reel Aviation

Newsreels brought the excitement of aviation to millions of moviegoers in the 1930s. Now read the lost scripts.
November 12, 2010 | By Phillip W. Stewart

Over 15 episodes, Captain Midnight survived bombs, fire, near drowning, and more, before delivering criminal mastermind Ivan Shark to the police — a departure from the comic strip, in which Shark was devoured by a polar bear.

Thrills! Chills! Mystery in the Air!

In the 1930s and ’40s, heroic pilots engaged enemy aircraft — every Saturday morning.
November 2010 | By Rebecca Maksel

Australia at night, as seen by a military weather satellite. That

Did Australians light signal fires for the astronauts?

And would they have been visible from space?
June 24, 2009 | By Rebecca Maksel

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

The Smithsonian’s Hollywood Moment

The makers of Night at the Museum took great pains to get it right.
May 07, 2009 | By Rebecca Maksel

Sean Connery flies an autogyro

Live and Let Fly

Real pilots rate the performance of the airplanes in James Bond flicks.
September 2008 | By David Lande

The Airplanes of James Bond

After 46 hours watching all 22 films, our list numbers more than 150.
July 14, 2008 | By The Editors

A & S Interview: David Sington

In the Shadow of the Moon.
November 01, 2007 | By Tony Reichhardt

X-15: The Hollywood Version

Charles Bronson starred. The Pentagon had a few minor corrections.
August 2007 | By airspacemag.com

A group of astronauts and flight controllers monitor the action in Mission Control during the Apollo 13 mission

Did Ron Howard exaggerate the reentry scene in the movie Apollo 13?

A little bit, maybe, but not much.
May 01, 2007 | By Joe Pappalardo

The Astronaut Farmer: A Talk With the Filmmakers

This throwback to the space program's past highlights the power of dreams.
March 2007 | By airspacemag.com

Flyboy: David Ellison Takes Off

In his new film, the actor-pilot gets to combine his two loves.
November 2006 | By airspacemag.com

Star Quality

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

At the Movies: Take Two

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

Uncommon Force

All the action of Red Flag air combat exercises comes to movie screens through the magic of IMAX(r)
January 2005 | By the Editors

All Space, All the Time

Is NASA ready for prime time?
September 2001 | By Todd Kliman

The Making of Air Force One

Of course you realize nothing like this could ever happen.
August 1997 | By George C. Larson

The Big Creek Missile Agency

The short story that became the movie October Sky.
March 1995 | By Homer H. Hickam Jr.


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