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Staff Sergeant Robin Walker (left) reports no foreign objects in the inlets to Staff Sergeant Greg Slavik piror to takeoff from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

Unconventional Weapon

What we learned about stealth technology from the combat career of the F-117.
January 2008 | By Bill Sweetman

Beneath a replica Piper PA-12 wing, sits this Breezy pilot Matt Hlavac, near San Diego.

Out in the Breezy

With little fanfare (and less structure), the Breezy homebuilt spreads the message: Flying is fun.
January 2008 | By Jason Paur

Eleven years after restoration began, it’s now a regular at fly-ins throughout the Midwest (above, the Blakesburg, Iowa antique aircraft fly-in).

Restoration: Fleet Model 8

Three brothers, an inspiring teacher, and the airplane in the barn.
January 2008 | By Lemuel C. Shattuck

The Allegro

Fun Factor

We take a light sport aircraft for a test drive.
September 2007 | By Mark Huber

Paul DiMare

Picturing the Future

How a skilled artist fast-forwards to the hypersonic airplanes of 2025.
September 2007 | By Paul DiMare

In the Dreamliner

How Boeing Put the Dream in Dreamliner

When aircraft designers wanted to make passengers feel happy, they turned to psychologists.
September 2007 | By Douglas Gantenbein

The developers of Cargolifter CL 160, a German design, used to say that their craft could carry 26,000 pounds of food to disaster victims. But the Cargolifter itself needs aid now; its parent company has declared bankruptcy.

Spy Blimps and Heavy Lifters

The latest thing in airships.
September 2007 | By Ben Iannotta

The FAA classifies the Osprey as a "powered lift" aircraft-neither airplane nor rotorcraft.

Tilters

You might say that Osprey pilots are neither fish nor fowl.
September 2007 | By John Croft

William Holloman during his World War II flying days.

Tuskegee Memories

This World War II veteran loved flying all airplanes, but especially the Mustang.
August 2007 | By Diane Tedeschi

INA the Macon Belle will roar through the skies over Columbus, Ohio, along with dozens of other Mustang beauties.

Calling All Mustangs

This September a super-size squadron of P-51s will relive the legend.
August 2007 | By Stephen Joiner

Putting away a ScanEagle after a flight over the Al Anbar Province of Iraq in August 2006.

Flocking ScanEagles

When it comes to operating UAVs, six heads aren't better than one.
August 2007 | By Joe Pappalardo

Pathfinder-Plus for hanging in the National Air and Space Museum

In the Museum

Dainty Monster
July 2007 | By Bettina Haymann Chavanne

A week after the "Battle of Niihau," Allied forces moved in to disassemble the Zero to learn what made it tick. The process was documented by Presbyterian minister Paul Denise, who gave his hundreds of photos to the U.S. Navy.

The Niihau Zero

Pieces of Pearl Harbor's lone surviving Zero tell of a violent clash of cultures and a race for technology.
July 2007 | By Nick D'Alto

Seeing a Zero in the air is a rare treat, but if collectors have their way, more like this one could take wing in coming years.

Hunting Zeros

Finding an airworthy Zero is not easy these days. In fact, you can count them on one hand.
July 2007 | By Roger Mola

An F/A-18 Hornet lights its afterburners to leap from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.

How Things Work - Afterburners

Jets get no kick from champagne, but a little fuel in the tailpipe...
July 2007 | By Damond Benningfield

Composite fuselage sections for Boeing

Alenia's Gamble

To help build the Boeing 787's composite fuselage, Italy spends a bundle.
July 2007 | By Joe Pappalardo

Trapped inside an ice cave in 1992, the P-38 looked helpless despite its fearsome weapons.

Glacier Girl: The Back Story

How it got trapped in the ice, and how it got out.
July 2007 | By airspacemag.com

Photos of scale model channel Wing aircraft were found in the National Air and Space Museum archives, with no caption information available. Volunteer Pete D

Lunch With Willard

How a meeting 50 years ago solved a photographic mystery.
May 2007 | By Joe Pappalardo

Snowbirds perform gasp-inducing maneuvers like the Four-Way Cross.

The Moose Jaw Nine

What the Canadian Snowbirds have that the Navy's Blue Angels don't.
May 2007 | By Graham Chandler

Bob Englar revived the Custer Channel Wing for wind tunnel experiments directing airflow.

That Extra Little Lift

Willard Custer's Channel Wing looked like a mistake. Turns out his critics were the ones who were wrong.
May 2007 | By Tim Wright


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