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Military, commercial and experimental vehicles designed for flight in the Earth’s atmosphere
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Sport pilots who choose to build the SeaRey kitplane can take off from and set down on both land and water.

20 Hours to Solo

Will a new pilot category restore the glory days of general aviation?
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

Anousheh Ansari before her launch to the International Space Station in September 2006.

A & S Interview: Anousheh Ansari

The X-Prize sponsor and space tourist talks about trips to orbit, past and future.
September 01, 2007 | By Bettina H. Chavanne

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

Pat McNerney flies the Kreider-Reisner as its 28th owner.

Popularity Contest

Which one of six past champions would have gotten your vote?
August 2007 | By Linda Shiner

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

X-15: The Hollywood Version

Charles Bronson starred. The Pentagon had a few minor corrections.
August 2007 | By airspacemag.com

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

wunderkind Erik Hokuf and a friend in Minnesota.

Restorative Genius

A young military airplane craftsman makes his mark.
July 2007 | By Bettina Haymann Chavanne

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

Concerto for Merlin and Double Wasp

John Altmann thinks airplane engines make beautiful music, and has sold thousands of CDs to prove it.
May 2007 | By Keith Hatschek

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


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