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Here, the Spitfire leads; World War II statistics say otherwise.

Best of the Battle of Britain

In this corner, the Vickers Supermarine Spitfire; across the ring, the Hawker Hurricane. Which is the more valuable restoration?
March 2008 | By John Fleischman

Pilots of the Sopwith Camel complained that the engine, guns, fuel tank, and pilot were clustered too close. They didn

What the Red Baron Never Knew

Computer analysis of World War I aircraft shows precisely why some were deadly and others, death traps.
January 2008 | By Peter Garrison

A Short (Very Short) History of the F-19

What airplane came in a little box and never flew?
January 2008 | By Patricia Trenner

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

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

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

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

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

Airline pilot Mark Watt flies Steve Craig

Interview: Steve Craig

Proud owner of the last flying Wildcat
March 2007 | By Diane Tedeschi

Wildcats were dispatched in divisions of four to protect their aircraft carriers and other ships from Japan

Mystery on Guadalcanal

In the wreckage of a Wildcat lay clues to what happened in a famous World War II dogfight.
January 2007 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

The Soviets

The Thin Aluminum Line

Supersonic airplanes and a screen of radar stood ready during the cold war to avert the end of the world.
January 2007 | By Carl Posey

"Glacier Girl" at the Nellis AFB Airshow, November 2006.

Glacier Girl, Interrupted

Sixty-five years after its first attempt, the restored Lightning should finally reach England next year.
January 2007 | By Larry Lowe

VERA, in her original glory, leads a group of Me 262s, captured by the U.S. Air Force, as they taxi for takeoff from the airfield at Lechfeld, Germany, in 1945.

Stormbird

November 2006 | By Douglas Gantenbein

The X-35A, built to validate propulsion and flying qualities for the Joint Strike Fighter, takes flight in October 2000.

Weight Watchers

How a team of engineers and a crash diet saved the Joint Strike Fighter.
November 2006 | By Joe Pappalardo

Above & Beyond: A Bougainville Mystery

November 2006 | By Paul A. Roales

X-35B short-takeoff and vertical-landing (STOVL) aircraft displayed at the National Air and Space Museum

The X-35 on Display

The fighter of the future comes to the Hazy Center.
November 2006 | By airspacemag.com

Feathers ruffled, a "Turkey" rests on the deck of the Harry S. Truman while a Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk hoists in supplies for the carrier population.

Tomcat Tribute

The Navy's fearsome fighter retires.
September 2006 | By The Editors


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