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Military, commercial and experimental vehicles designed for flight in the Earth’s atmosphere
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A-37A entered combat in South Vietnam

Legends of Vietnam: Super Tweet

Yeah. The A-37 was small. So was Napoleon.
January 2010 | By Stephen Joiner

The author with his anti-sub Lockheed Orion

Above and Beyond: Adventures in the South China Sea

January 2010 | By Tracy Wilkinson

Pilots needed a computer to fly Grummans X-29

Moments and Milestones: Swept Forward

January 2010 | By George C. Larson, Member, NAA

John Magda (mounting his Blue Angel Panther in 1950)

Restoration: Kentucky Panther

Grumman's first jet honors a son of the Bluegrass State.
January 2010 | By Barrett Tillman

The Air Force hopes its unmanned X-37

Space Shuttle Jr.

After 2010, the only spaceplane in the U.S. inventory will be the Air Force's mysterious X-37.
January 2010 | By Michael Klesius

The authors daughter, spellbound by a Hercules C-130

Flights and Fancy: Like Father, Like Daughter

January 2010 | By David Unekis

A segmented 76-foot airship during flight testing over Stuttgart, Germany.

Sky Snake

Flexible blimps are bending the rules on UAV design.
December 18, 2009 | By Michael Klesius

An Air Force T-38A trainer over Texas.

Batstrike!

A loud thud. A shower of purple-white sparks. This can't be good.
December 14, 2009 | By Randy Gordon

French aviator Louis Paulhan

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

Various Stages of painting the Aviation Heritage Park Panther F9F-2 as it starts to receive official Blue Angels paint. All work was done at the hanger and paint was donated by PPG Aerospace.

Panther Paint Job

Watch a 57-year-old warbird go from Winona rags to Blue Angel royalty.
November 17, 2009 | By Michael Klesius

Hawker Hurricane at the NASM Udvar-Hazy Center. Smithsonian NASM Udvar-Hazy Center Photo By Dane A. Penland

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

Comrades carry the body of a Canadian soldier during a ramp ceremony. The author attended such ceremonies for 20 soldiers during his six-month deployment.

Above & Beyond: Canadian Helicopter Force, Afghanistan

November 2009 | By Major Jonathan Knaul

The Bear has been hugging pylons at Reno since 1969.

The Bear Is Back

The winning-est Bearcat in air racing steps up once more to the starting gate.
November 2009 | By Preston Lerner

“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

With highly trained engineers coming to the United States from abroad, chances are good that we’ll see more naturalized citizens in line for the Wright Trophy.

Moments and Milestones: The American Way

November 2009 | By George C. Larson, member, NAA

Tufts on the Jetwing fuselage and vertical stabilizer would reveal airflow patterns.

Oldies and Oddities: Blown Away

November 2009 | By Ken Scott

St. Onge, who shows off her Staggerwing at airshows in the Northeast, had her 1936 C17B done up in “Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes colors” that replicate the paint scheme of the 1936 Bendix Race winner.

Sweet 17

When a Staggerwing casts its spell, it can surprise even Olive Ann Beech.
November 2009 | By James Wynbrandt

A cloaking device is made of copper rings, each surrounded by 10 layers of meta-material.

Now You See It, Now You Don’t

Blinding us with science: the next generation of stealth.
November 2009 | By Damond Benningfield

A P-38J-5-LO (foreground), a late Lightning variant, flies with an F-5, a later photo-recon version of the P-38. Only a handful of P-38s are flying today. Duckypoo may one day join them, if not in the air, then perhaps on the ground.

Can This P-38 Be Saved?

Lockheed P-38 Lightnings brought many a pilot home. This pilot would like to return the favor.
November 2009 | By David F. Toomey

Viewport: See the World

November 2009 | By J.R. Dailey


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