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The prototype’s wing had a constant angle of sweep; tests led to a trademark leading edge kink in wings of production craft.

God Save the Vulcan!

The Royal Air Force Vulcan, immense cold war bomber and aerodynamic marvel, has been sentenced to permanent museum exhibition.
January 2004 | By Craig Mellow

Celestial Body

De Havilland's D.H. 106 Comet blazed the commercial jet trail but broke its nation's heart.
January 2004 | By Phil Scott

The Contender

How Airbus got to be number one.
November 2003 | By Bill Sweetman

Passengers board 5339 three weeks before its 1928 crash.

Diamonds in the Wreck

Riches to rags and back again: A 1928 mailplane is reborn.
November 2003 | By Sam Goldberg

Expert Witness

The EWO and the MIRV: Cold war talk for an RC-135 crew's lucky day.
November 2003 | By Robert L. Brown

The Comet’s sleekly modern look raised the public’s confidence in the new mode of jet-propelled passenger flight. But military and economic uncertainties about the Comet made U.S. politicians nervous.

The Comet Affair

Why the cold war forced the British government to choose between keeping a friend and arming an enemy.
September 2003 | By Jeffrey A. Engel

Partners: Cessna O-1 Bird Dogs used smoke rockets to mark targets for the two-seat North American T-28s.

Vang's War

How the fighting in Southeast Asia transformed a curious young man into a fiercely dedicated pilot.
September 2003 | By Roger Warner

Yellow 10

Something about the Champlin Fighter Museum's Focke-Wulf 190D never seemed quite right.
September 2003 | By Howard Stansfield

To Snatch a Sabre

Fifty years ago, North Korea's secret allies plotted to heist from the United States a North American F-86.
July 2003 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

Kurdziel buttons up the Firefly’s beastly 12-cylinder Rolls-Royce Griffon engine. A former U.S. Navy pilot, Kurdziel is today a top gun on the airshow circuit, where his Aussie fighter has bagged a number of coveted trophies for aircraft restoration.

The Champ

From the decks of World War II aircraft carriers to today's airshow circuit-the journey of a Royal Australian Navy Fairey Firefly.
July 2003 | By John Sotham

Prop, swept wings, a huge T-tail—the XF-84H was one of a kind.

ZWRRWWWBRZR

That's the sound of the prop-driven XF-84H, and it brought grown men to their knees. It didn't fly all that great either.
July 2003 | By Stephan Wilkinson

A 1942 Fairchild PT-19 Army Air Forces trainer, now owned by Wayne Boggs in Plant City, Florida, wears a Sensenich wood prop, model W86RA-61, for authenticity, and the prop even has original Sensenich decals.

Good Wood

Wooden propellers are like Louisville Sluggers: The distance.
July 2003 | By Tom Harpole

On the way: a North American F-100C just after bomb release.

Exit Strategy

Target: Soviet weapons plant. Mission: Low-altitude bombing. Payload: Nuclear. Problem: Getting back.
May 2003 | By Marshall Michel

On display at the Reno Air Races, the rule was “look, but don’t touch.” And best wear sunglasses, lest the highly polished aluminum skin sear your retinas.

Silver Bullet

No airplane in the world could outshine Howard Hughes' H-1 Racer--until Jim Wright built a copy of it.
May 2003 | By Preston Lerner

How the 747 Got Its Hump

In the evolution of the airplane, Darwinian principles have applied unevenly.
May 2003 | By Bill Sweetman

The Original

How the 1903 Flyer got where it is today.
March 2003 | By Peter L. Jakab

The 1903 Wright Flyer

Find out why the world's first controllable airplane was a bear to control.
March 2003 | By Phaedra Hise

In 1902 the brothers took turns: When Orville flew, Wilbur launched, aided by friend Bill Tate (at right).

I Have Today Seen Wilbur Wright and his Great White Bird

The airplane debuted to rave reviews.
March 2003 | By Mary Collins

In a flash, military aircraft adopted the turbojet, and propellers were out. Favorites like the North American T-6 trainer were retired.

Defining Moments

The inventions, institutions, gadgets, and lucky breaks that have shaped the story of the airplane.
March 2003 | By Roger Bilstein

Occupying the exalted position reserved for research aircraft, Ken Hyde’s 1902 glider replica undergoes tests in a wind tunnel at NASA’s Langley center in Virginia.

In Search of the Real Wright Flyer

Building a replica of the first airplane requires a certain resourcefulness. Anybody got any horsehide glue?
January 2003 | By Phaedra Hise


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