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Military, commercial and experimental vehicles designed for flight in the Earth’s atmosphere
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Flights and Fancy: Brooders vs. Extroverts

August 2009 | By Darisse Smith

Then-Colonel Spector beside an F-16 during transition flight training at Hill
Air Force Base in Utah in 1980.

A&S Interview: Brig. Gen. Iftach Spector

Israeli Air Force Ace, teacher, author
August 2009 | By Peter Mersky

Broken microcapsules leave impressions seen through a microscope after a healing agent has bled out in a fracture plane of a composite material.

How Things Work: Self-Healing Airplanes

Several technologies that could put mechanics out of work.
July 2009 | By Tom LeCompte

The boxy biplane of Belgium’s Pierre de Caters in 1909.

The Birthplaces of Aviation

It didn't all happen at Kitty Hawk.
July 2009 | By Roger A. Mola

At a 2008 motorcar and aircraft show in West Sussex, England, The Six and its pilot, Julian Firth (in white flightsuit), greet dignitaries such as Norman Turnball (left), the aircraft’s flight engineer from 1959 to 1964.

The Six

If Lockheed’s Constellation was the hare, the Douglas DC-6 was the oh-so-reliable tortoise.
July 2009 | By Kara Platoni

An upward spiral is one of Sean Tucker’s  gentler maneuvers.

Tumbling with the Stars

Today’s airshow performers do it gyroscopically.
July 2009 | By Debbie Gary

UAV

Unmanned Traffic Jam

To the Federal Aviation Administration, civilian UAVs are the new barbarians at the gate.
July 2009 | By Douglas Gantenbein

Fear of Floating

Fear of Floating

Diagnosis: Collective Panic Attack. Cause: Count von Zeppelin.
July 2009 | By Dan Vergano

Boeing B-47

The Dawn of Discipline

A B-47 pilot remembers when an airplane—and Curtis LeMay—stiffened the spine of the Strategic Air Command
July 2009 | By Walter J. Boyne

A paper fan shows an aerialist ascending.

In The Museum: Fashion Lighter Than Air

July 2009 | By Tom D. Crouch

The YB-49 demonstrated that putting jet engines on an airframe designed for piston engines made the aircraft faster but not better.

Too Much, Too Soon

July 2009 | By General Robert L. Cardenas, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) As told to James P. Busha

John Glenn’s transcontinental F8U flight led to his selection as an astronaut.

John Glenn's Project Bullet

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

The X-15: A different kind of high.

Who holds the altitude record for an airplane?

Depends on the category—and on who was watching.
May 29, 2009 | By Rebecca Maksel

The USS Akron

Lighter Than Air

An illustrated history of balloons and airships.
May 20, 2009 | By Tom D. Crouch

KTLA’s fleet, mid-1960s. Telecopter 2 sports red livery. (KMPC News’ helicopter broadcast on the radio.) From left: Silva, Morby, and Telecopter pilot Larry Scheer.

Zoom Shot

One day in L.A., a helicopter changed television news forever.
May 2009 | By Stephen Joiner

Restoration: Beech Staggerwing

A true story with an O.Henry ending.
May 2009 | By Mark Huber

A spacious canopy provided excellent visibility.

Legends of Vietnam: Shoulder to Shoulder

The Grumman A-6 was ugly, but it sure could cook.
May 2009 | By Rafael Lima

Operation Vittles was a military miracle: The Allies delivered 2.3 million tons of supplies to Berlin.

Moments & Milestones: The Hungry City

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

Air Force Col. Arnie Bunch, vice commander of Eglin

Goodwill Mission

To residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast, the Joint Strike Fighter says “Won’t you be my neighbor?”
April 24, 2009 | By Richard P. Hallion

Major J.T. Bachmann pulls off the gloves and grins after an engine run in the F-35A.

Marine One

Meet J.T. Bachmann, the first USMC pilot to fly the Joint Strike Fighter.
April 09, 2009 | By Michael Klesius


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