Air Recreation
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The Luftwaffe’s Flying Wing
The Horten Ho 229 is on the short list for restoration at the Air and Space Museum.
January 11, 2010 |
By Rebecca Maksel
The Big Race of 1910
How the first U.S. air race launched an aviation tradition.
January 2010 |
By Don Berliner
Restoration: Kentucky Panther
Grumman's first jet honors a son of the Bluegrass State.
January 2010 |
By Barrett Tillman
Take (Spaceship)Two
More than five years ago Burt Rutan made history with SpaceShipOne, the first civilian- built vehicle to reach space. That rocketplane hangs in the Milestones of Flight gallery in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., alongside Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, Yeager'...
December 07, 2009 |
By Mike Klesius
A Glimpse of Things to Come
A hundred years ago, the International Air Meet gave spectators a look into the future.
November 17, 2009 |
By Paul Hoversten
Panther Paint Job
Watch a 57-year-old warbird go from Winona rags to Blue Angel royalty.
November 17, 2009 |
By Michael Klesius
Sightings: Hazy's Hits
A photo gallery of airplanes at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center.
November 17, 2009 |
By Michael Klesius
The Bear Is Back
The winning-est Bearcat in air racing steps up once more to the starting gate.
November 2009 |
By Preston Lerner
Walk This Way
24,000 feet over the Atlantic, east of Long Island, aboard G-Force One, Boeing 727-200 (likely the only 727 spiffed up with winglets). 30 souls on board.“First parabola. Mars gravity, one-third of Earth’s gravity. Try some push-ups.”Oh, piffle. This is nothing “Second parabola. Lunar gravity, one-...
October 06, 2009 |
By Pat Trenner
Send up the clowns
Okay, that was one of the strangest sendoffs in launch history. Not only did space tourist and Cirque Du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté keep putting on his red clown nose, the whole crew periodically broke into the cheesy pop song "Mammy Blue" as they were getting ready to board their Soyuz rocket f...
September 30, 2009 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Is Winning Everything?
For an air racing legend named Rare Bear, yes.
September 29, 2009 |
By Diane Tedeschi
Reno Wrap-up
What was hot—and what was not—at the 2009 National Championship Air Races.
September 28, 2009 |
By Linda Shiner
Live! From Reno! It's Air Racing!
For the first time in the 100-year history of air racing, fans can watch a live broadcast of the sport from the aerial race course in Reno, Nevada. This Sunday, September 20, the final races in all six categories will appear at LiveAirshowTV. With cameras in the grandstands and in the control tower...
September 18, 2009 |
By Linda Shiner
A&S Interview: Esther Dyson
Handicapping the space tourism market.
September 2009 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Replicating Reims
A virtual race to mark the 100th anniversary of the world’s first air meet
August 25, 2009 |
By Tony Reichhardt
A Marriage Made in Microgravity
In the March 2008 issue, we published "High Fashion," which chronicled the state of the art in orbital couture, including "a dress that looked like a giant upside-down shredded coffee filter." Last Saturday, high over Florida, bride Erin Finnegan, wearing Eri Matsui's zero-G wedding gown, exchange...
June 22, 2009 |
By Pat Trenner
Now my beach trip looks lame
Am I the only one vacationing on the ground this year?This guy is traveling to the space station on what he calls a "Poetic Social Mission." He's the Canadian billionaire who started Cirque du Soleil.These two are getting married on one of Zero-G's weightless flights. Here's their website. They're ...
June 04, 2009 |
By Tony Reichhardt
