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For Safe Landings On Two Planets

The 2013 National Air and Space Museum Trophy Winners.
April 2013 | By The Editors

During a July 2012 jaunt, pilot Bob Newhouse raises his hands to prove that Fichera, in the front cockpit, is flying the 1930s-era aircraft.

Lindbergh’s Trainer: The Brunner-Winkle Bird

The plane that taught Anne Morrow Lindbergh to fly is flying again.
April 2013 | By Paul Glenshaw

Mr. Arango’s Aeroplanes

A World War I aircraft enthusiast’s collection tracks the evolution of the species.
February 2013 | By Peter Garrison

The 727 Turns Fifty

Once a best-seller, the airliner’s pilots still swear by it.
January 2013 | By George C. Larson, Member, NAA

Viewport

A couple of very good deals
January 2013 | By J.R. Dailey

The Versatile Beech 18

From sculptural beauty to functional transport, the Model 18 is an airplane of many guises.
November 16, 2012 | By Diane Tedeschi and Caroline Sheen

Artifacts on the Road

A gallery of traveling air- and spacecraft loaned out by the Smithsonian.
September 18, 2012 | By Heather Goss

America by Air

Summer at the Smithsonian

Planning a visit to the Museum? We provide some helpful hints.
July 2012 | By Rebecca Maksel

When he steps away from his astronaut duties at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, David Wolf can often be found flying aerobatic maneuvers in his Christen Eagle.

My Other Vehicle Was a Spacecraft

Now that the space shuttle has retired, astronauts are rediscovering the joys of flying airplanes.
July 2012 | By Phil Scott

Human-Powered Helicopter Team Goes for Record

Can Gamera II stay airborne for 60 seconds? Tune in on Friday.
June 22, 2012 | By Tony Reichhardt

“Mayday, This is Death 23”

The call that makes every Apache pilot freeze.
June 18, 2012 | By Rebecca Maksel

Titanic’s Wireless Operators: The Original Texters

Text messaging, from 1912 to 2012.
May 14, 2012 | By Rebecca Maksel

A soldier stands guard in front of the Unha-3 rocket sitting on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, during a guided media tour by North Korean authorities on April 8, 2012.

How did North Korea build its own rocket?

April 12, 2012 | By Paul Hoversten

How are airline pilots tested for mental health?

March 28, 2012 | By Paul Hoversten

Sikorsky Wants to Pick Your Brain

AND the company will pay you for the privilege.
March 09, 2012 | By Pat Trenner

021024-N-4374S-031 Central Command Area of Responsibility (AOR) Oct. 24, 2002 - A Sailor assigned to the "World Watchers� of Fleet Air Recon Squadron One (VQ-1) sprays-down the propeller on a P-3 Orion with a water hose during an aircraft wash on the flight line. VQ-1 is home ported at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., and is currently on deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer�s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg. (RELEASED)

Are more propeller blades better?

February 27, 2012 | By Paul Hoversten

Hardest to Fly?

Piloting an Apache helicopter almost always meant both hands and feet doing four different things at once.
February 03, 2012 | By Rebecca Maksel

High-Speed Helicopters Come of Age

By adding a little push, compound helicopters push the speed limit up to 300 mph.
January 30, 2012 | By George Larson

Bush flying has unique challenges. This Quest Kodiak gets a little extra thrust on takeoff from the slope of a dirt airstrip carved out of a hill in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Rough Riders

Five bushplanes and the places only they can fly.
November 2011 | By Tom LeCompte

Airman George Johnson (in a T-33 in late 1955) spent hundreds of hours maintaining Sabrejets and much less time flying one.

Mind If I Borrow It?

The day an Air Force mechanic commandeered a North American F-86.
November 2011 | By Paul D. Mather


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