Air Recreation
Leisure activities and hobbies related to aviation such as air racing, stunt flying, skydiving and air shows- Explore more »
416 MPH
Not all speed records look fast on video, but this one does.
February 06, 2012 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Do Something
Washington struggles for a response to last year’s Reno Air Races crash.
January 10, 2012 |
By Linda Shiner
About Those Space Joyrides…
The first suborbital tourists will spend up to $200,000 for a few precious minutes of weightlessness. How many minutes will they get?
January 06, 2012 |
By David Warmflash
Musk’s One-in-a-Million Proposition
The SpaceX founder talks Martian real estate.
January 04, 2012 |
By Tony Reichhardt
A Pearl Harbor Mystery
How a 1940s Interstate Cadet trainer sent a famous airshow pilot on a journey to find a kindred spirit.
January 2012 |
By John Fleischman
The Kids Are Trying to Crash
Remote-control models face off in the Extreme Flight Championships.
January 2012 |
By Preston Lerner
Pointer and Shooter
To nail the air-to-air shot, pilot and photographer have to work together like, well, this pair.
January 2012 |
By Debbie Gary
SpaceShipTwo: The Story So Far
Progress on the path to suborbital tourism.
November 03, 2011 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Green Light for Fuel-Efficiency Races in California
Teams gathered their experimental planes in Santa Rosa, California last week for a competition of their environmental industriousness.
October 03, 2011 |
By Heather Goss
Duck!
Even helping Jeb Corliss looks scary. Here’s the master of the wingsuit doing his thing in close proximity to canyon walls, as seen from multiple camera angles.
September 05, 2011 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Going Once….The 1920 Pulitzer Race Trophy
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, November 28, 1920: "At last the pride of the Army air service, the Verville-Packard chasse biplane, has established its worth by romping ahead of thirty-four starters in the first Pulitzer...
September 02, 2011 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Moments and Milestones: Once Around
The 75th anniversary of a round-the-world trip.
September 2011 |
By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
In the Museum: A Fleet’s Final Flight
A civilian flight trainer enters the collections.
September 2011 |
By Rebecca Maksel
A & S Interview: Andy Chiavetta
The Reno Kid, raceplane builder par excellence.
September 2011 |
By Linda Shiner
Patty Wagstaff’s Second Act
An airshow superstar adds firefighting to her repertoire.
August 2011 |
By Debbie Gary
Genchi’s Obsession
A grad student in Italy salvages Germany's rarest World War I airplane engines.
August 2011 |
By Andrew Lawler
Spaceport at the Top of the World
How an ore-mining town in Sweden sees a new identity over the horizon.
August 2011 |
By Andrew Curry
Above and Beyond: Mantz Versus the Volcano
Filming for Cinerama with a fearless flyer.
August 2011 |
By James Morrison
Two Days in the Life of a B-24 Crew
Take a fantasy flight in a real, live Liberator.
July 2011 |
By Stephen Joiner
