Aerospace Industry
Aerospace manufacturing and air travel
Landing in Baghdad
At the world's most dangerous airport, it's best to get down quickly.
November 2006 |
By Allan T. Duffin
The Grumman Cats
Just under nine lives that created a company legend.
September 2006 |
By Brian Nicklas
Drama in the Cockpit
The last words of doomed airline crews make for riveting theater.
September 2006 |
By Patricia Trenner
The Beaver and the Swans
How de Havilland's famous bushplane has helped protect a species.
July 2006 |
By James Wynbrandt
Beautiful Climber
In the summer of '58, nothing was faster to 50,000 feet.
July 2006 |
By Carl Posey
Frozen in Time
Gloves? Check. Cockpit heater? Check. Engine insulator?
January 2006 |
By Tom Harpole
The People and Planes of Van Sant
Bucks County aviation fans found an ingenious way to preserve their grass-strip airport: They made it a county park
November 2005 |
By John Fleischman
The Short, Happy Life of the Prop-fan
Meet the engine that became embroiled in round one of Boeing v. Airbus, a fight fueled by the cost of oil.
September 2005 |
By Bill Sweetman
People and Planes of Creve Coeur
In the department of flood recovery, Noah and his ark got nuthin' on the folks at this little airport-except that many of the aircraft they saved are ones, not twos, of a kind.
July 2005 |
By Linda Shiner
The People and Planes of Anoka County
Denizens of a small Minnesota airport: bombers, ones-of-a-kind, T-6s, Cubs, a 1938 Stinson SR10 once owned by the governor of Pennsylvania, and a veritable hive of homebuilders.
May 2005 |
By Carl Posey
The Annotated Airport
A guide to the meaning of the myriad signs, lines, circles, arrows, numbers, letters, and lights on the airport grounds.
March 2005 |
By Patricia Trenner
The Calculators of Calm
Just how far out of their way will airlines go to give you a smooth ride?
March 2005 |
By Willilam Triplett
Howard Hughes' Top Ten
Wealthy beyond measure and weird beyond belief, Howard Hughes was an aerospace leviathan.
November 2004 |
By Preston Lerner
The People and Planes of Flabob
This California airport is hallowed ground for homebuilders and Hollywood stunt pilots alike.
November 2004 |
By Marshall Lumsden
Beached Starship
Some say that Beech and Raytheon's turboprop failed because it tried too much, too soon.
September 2004 |
By Mark Huber
The Mystery of the Lost Clipper
The Civil Aeronautics Board and the FBI abandoned the case 47 years ago, but two amateur detectives are still searching for the cause of the crash of Pan Am 944.
September 2004 |
By Gregg Herken with Ken Fortenberry
50 Years of Hercules
As utilitarian as a bucket and just as plain, Lockheed's C-130 has flown almost everything to almost everywhere.
September 2004 |
By Carl Posey
Turn Off That Phone!
For those who've use portable electronic devices aboard airliners: Here's why they're dangerous.
September 2004 |
By John Croft
