Aircraft
Military, commercial and experimental vehicles designed for flight in the Earth’s atmosphere
Air War in the Falklands
Grand miscalculations, unknown odds, miserable weather, vast distances—and unlikely adversaries.
September 2002 |
By Carl Posey
A Waco's Happy Ending
How an abandoned World War II glider found love in Long Island.
September 2002 |
By Joshua Stoff
The Unemployment Line
Where airliners go when they're out of work.
September 2002 |
By Howard Stansfield
Reno Enters the Jet Age
They're not as fast as the top Unlimiteds, but the national air racing organization is gambling on jets to boost attendance.
September 2002 |
By Carl Hoffman
The Man Who Could See Air
Richard Whitcomb changed the shape of wings to come.
July 2002 |
By Peter Garrison
Probable Cause
It took 28 seconds for USAir Flight 427 to plummet from the sky. It took the National Transportation Safety Board five years to figure out why.
July 2002 |
By Bill Adair
Flying Upside Down
Devices an aerobatic airplane uses to defy gravity--and convention.
May 2002 |
By Patricia Trenner
Shop Class Was Never Like This
The airplane builders of Mundelein High.
May 2002 |
By John Fleischman
How Things Work: Flying Upside Down
The tricks that keep the engine from knowing it’s not right side up.
May 2002 |
By Patricia Trenner
Restoration: Delightfully de Havilland
The last flying D.H.89 Dragon Rapide in the United States.
March 2002 |
By Diane Tedeschi
“This Is Only a Test”
Fifty years ago, cold-war games halted all civilian air traffic—long before September 11 did the same.
March 2002 |
By Roger A. Mola
The Plane With No Name
The F-111: In Australia, an airplane for all seasons.
March 2002 |
By William Triplett
