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How are airline pilots tested for mental health?

March 28, 2012 | By Paul Hoversten

With lift-fan system doors flung wide, the F-35B unstealthily approaches the assault ship Wasp during trials October 2011. The new fighter showed, 72 times, that it likes short takeoffs and vertical landings.

The Ultimate Fighter?

With the F-35, Lockheed Martin takes a turn trying to make one combat plane that can do everything.
February 2012 | By Richard Whittle

Dr. Noise

Want your luxury jet to be just a little quieter than your competitor’s? Otto Pobanz is your man.
February 23, 2012 | By George Larson

The End of the Plain Plane

When wild liveries and outrageous uniforms were the norm.
February 09, 2012 | By Rebecca Maksel

Hollywood Air

The first Hollywood movie showcasing airline travel, Three Guys Named Mike, came out in 1951.
January 19, 2012 | By Rebecca Maksel

South African-born entrepreneur Elon Musk

Is SpaceX changing the rocket equation?

1 visionary + 3 launchers + 1,500 employees = ?
January 2012 | By Andrew Chaikin

Boeing 247-D

In the Museum: The Original Airliner

The Boeing 247 was the Dreamliner of its day.
January 2012 | By Rebecca Maksel

Post-holiday Diet Starts at the Airport

Detroit flyers can get a head-start on resolution dieting at their top ranking healthiest airport.
December 30, 2011 | By Heather Goss

No Escaping Death and (Carbon) Taxes

North American airlines lost their bid to throw out a carbon tax on aircraft flying to Europe. Expect transatlantic fares to go up.
December 21, 2011 | By George Larson

You Are Here

Google Maps' latest update will help travelers navigate through airports.
November 30, 2011 | By Heather Goss

Mind if I Smoke?

Remember when passengers used to toss lit cigarettes out the airplane window? Honest.
November 17, 2011 | By Rebecca Maksel

Gremlin On the Wing

How do you define the fear of flying? Scientists think it might be the sum of other fears.
November 09, 2011 | By Heather Goss

When a Super Cub ran out of fuel and had to land on uninhabited Kayak lsland in Alaska last May, the pilot and passenger tried both low- and high-tech alerts. In addition to the “SOS,” they activated a SPOT beacon, and were rescued by the Coast Guard.

Lost in America

Airplanes that go missing are often untraceable. Why is effective tracking technology being ignored?
November 2011 | By Michael Behar

Leo Windecker’s proof-of- concept Fibaloy aircraft used fixed landing gear and aluminum control surfaces to cut down on development time and costs.

Just One Word: Plastics

The world's first all-composite airplane may fly again.
November 2011 | By Stephen Joiner

Tata (circa 1960) wrote copious memos to his staff about everything from inflight coffee (“it tasted like bean soup”) to crew hairstyles (one stewardess “had an enormous hair bun at the back, larger than her whole head. She looked ridiculous”).

Karachi to Bombay to Calcutta

The struggle to start Air-India.
November 2011 | By David Shaftel

The TWA terminal was the architectural high point at Kennedy airport — and dream city for young aircrew.

Confessions of a Flight Engineer

Flashlights, timers, and breath mints required.
November 2011 | By Andrea Eldridge

At Amsterdam

Heroes in the Tower

Stories about air traffic controllers that you probably didn’t see on the evening news.
September 2011 | By Michael Klesius

AeroVironment’s Global Observer (in California last year), designed to fly for a week on hydrogen, will triple the endurance of experimental, gas-powered UVAS from the late 1980s.

Distance Runners

Unmanned aerial vehicles redefine the term "nonstop flight."
September 2011 | By Michael Milstein

Andy Chiavetta inspects a new carbonfiber wing for his LT-1 kitplane at his shop in San Clemente, California.

A & S Interview: Andy Chiavetta

The Reno Kid, raceplane builder par excellence.
September 2011 | By Linda Shiner

A gray-bellied Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 touches down at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Why do airliners have dark bellies?

August 29, 2011 | By Paul Hoversten


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