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Lufthansa Technik

The Gold-Plated Cabin

There aren’t many companies that can make an airliner fit for a king.
March 2010 | By Roger A. Mola

Kelly Johnson

Head Skunk

Kelly Johnson was a giant in aircraft design. On the 100th anniversary of his birth, we find out how his legend grew.
March 2010 | By Peter Garrison

Are they lying...flat?

Last week, Air New Zealand announced in breathless language that they had finally solved the problem of sleeping in economy class. "Air New Zealand will transform international air travel later this year when it introduces revolutionary, Kiwi-designed lie-flat economy" seats, read a company press r...
February 03, 2010 | By Mike Klesius

“Any intelligent person who can learn to drive a car will be able to fly a postwar helicopter after a few easy lessons,” Frank Piasecki confidently told the Los Angeles Times in 1944. Piasecki’s PV-2 is shown here on display at the Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, top.

In The Museum: A Helicopter in Every Garage

November 2009 | By Rebecca Maksel

The U.K.-based Premium Aircraft Interiors Group offers rear-facing seats strictly for economic reasons, and makes no claims about safety.

Are aft-facing airplane seats safer?

They may well be. But don't look for them anytime soon.
October 26, 2009 | By Michael Klesius

Airliners carry their own portable atmosphere. How much can they afford to lose?

What happens if an airliner suddenly loses cabin pressure?

Let's just say it's not like it is in the movies.
September 24, 2009 | By Rebecca Maksel

The Boeing 307 Stratoliner was the first airliner able to soar above the storms, thanks to a new cabin pressurization system.

Above It All

It took a maze of valves and venturis—and a trio of tycoons—to whisk passengers into the stratosphere.
September 2009 | By Nick D'Alto

Inventions large and small have combined over the years to create the modern experience of air travel. And you don’t have to be a frequent flier to know that today’s airliner is still a work in progress: What you see today may not be there tomorrow.

Anatomy of an Airliner

Our maxim: The airlines giveth, and the airlines taketh away.
September 2009 | By The Editors

At Northrop Grumman’s model shop in El Segundo, California, Gary Miley applies gel to form a mold he will use to create a model blank.

Martial Arts

Memo to bad guys: Wanna know what U.S. warplanes you’ll tangle with in the future? Visit an aerospace model shop.
September 2009 | By Chad Slattery

AmSafe

Is bracing for impact really helpful in an airline crash?

Or is it just meant to make us feel like we're doing something?
August 26, 2009 | By Rebecca Maksel

Rutan in his VariEze, back in the day.

The Magician of Mojave

Burt Rutan remembers the birth of the VariEze and names his favorite aircraft.
August 2009 | By Linda Shiner

The National Air and Space Museum

Last of its Kind

A look inside the Smithsonian's Stratoliner.
August 14, 2009 | By Paul Hoversten

Albert Whitted Airport in St. Petersburg remains a developer’s dream.

The Airport That Wouldn’t Die

An embattled Florida field had more than history on its side.
August 2009 | By Carl Posey

At a 2008 motorcar and aircraft show in West Sussex, England, The Six and its pilot, Julian Firth (in white flightsuit), greet dignitaries such as Norman Turnball (left), the aircraft’s flight engineer from 1959 to 1964.

The Six

If Lockheed’s Constellation was the hare, the Douglas DC-6 was the oh-so-reliable tortoise.
July 2009 | By Kara Platoni

Keepin’ it real: Firemen at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport brave smoke in a mockup many mistake for an airplane.

Fire Hazard

Where there’s smoke, there’s pollution. How can airport firefighters green it up?
July 2009 | By Sam Goldberg

The Eurofighter Typhoon, armed for sales combat, will take on Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet.

Supersonic Sales Call

If you want a customer to spend $10 billion on your jet fighters, you gotta bust some Mach.
March 2009 | By Jorge and Karen Escalona

Briefcase in hand, a passenger weighs in at London’s Croydon Aerodrome before a flight to Scotland in 1934. The checks were necessary to ensure the airplane wasn’t too heavy for takeoff.

Then & Now: A Weighty Matter

February 2009 | By Roger A. Mola

The 1984 open house at Tempelhof.

Above & Beyond: The Village of Tempelhof

November 2008 | By CHARLES BRADY

Fred Chadwick and Ron Beatty (foreground) install temporary fasterners that hold the skin in place for riveting.

Airliner Repair, 24/7

Boeing's traveling fix-it team has one goal: Get it airborne.
November 2008 | By Stephen Joiner

So popular is the Navion that airplane lvoers consider a complete restoration, like David Peters

Accidental Classic

From the designers who brought you the P-51 Mustang, an airplane with a complicated past…and a controversial present.
November 2008 | By Mark Huber


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