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U.S. Navy PBYs flew in every theater of the Pacific War, their long range ideal for patrolling the waters from the Solomon Islands to the Aleutian Islands.

Restoration: Going the Distance

The ninth life of a PBY-5A Cat.
January 2003 | By Phil Scott

CorsairFest

There's a lot more to the F4U than its past association with black sheep.
January 2003 | By Larry Lowe

Seafarers

Bathing beauties from the time when aircraft first crossed oceans.
January 2003 | By Illustrations by Ian Marshall

Now departing Paradise...All day long, Chalk’s amphibious Grumman Mallards shuttle tourists in and out of Paradise Island and other Bahamian destinations.

Chalk's Ocean Airways

Since 1919, this little airline has managed to keep its head above water
January 2003 | By Henry Scammell

The X-35B lifts off the hover pit with its nozzle vectored for short-takeoffvertical-landing. To convert the engine’s operation from conventional takeoff to STOVL, the pilot moves a lever back about an inch. This opens four sets of doors behind the cockpit, allowing air to flow through the lift fan and starting the nozzle moving through its full range of travel. Simultaneously a clutch engages, transferring power from the engine to the lift fan.

Winner Take All

All the nail biting, second guessing, and sheer engineering brilliance in the battle to build the better Joint Strike Fighter.
January 2003 | By Evan Hadingham

ShinMaywa’s US-1A, cleansed of the corrosive sea after every mission, continues an ancestral line of flying boats.

Giant Amphibian

Japan has one godzilla of a seaplane.
January 2003 | By Tim Wright

Zoom climbs in the rocket-boosted NF-104 could top out at 120,000 feet in zero gravity (left).

Sky High

My climb to the top in the F-104.
November 2002 | By George J. Marrett

Outback Scramjet

A University of Queensland lab has supersonic success.
November 2002 | By Luba Vangelova

The Lockheed SR-71.

How Things Work: Supersonic Inlets

November 2002 | By Diane Tedeschi

In 1964, a trio of RA-5Cs had central Florida covered.

Restoration: Mach 2 Heavyweight Champion

The North American RA-5C Vigilante.
November 2002 | By Robert F. Dorr

In 1957 midshipmen launched an N3N from the Severn River in Annapolis.

In the Museum: Sailors' Delight

November 2002 | By Roger A. Mola

The author surveys the forbidding Laotian terrain from a C-46.

Above & Beyond: Ration of Luck

November 2002 | By Donald V. Courtney

Air War in the Falklands

Grand miscalculations, unknown odds, miserable weather, vast distances—and unlikely adversaries.
September 2002 | By Carl Posey

Images of the glider in flight (here, a CG-4 prototype) don’t capture the human drama of a CG-4 mission, as the museum’s finished display does.

A Waco's Happy Ending

How an abandoned World War II glider found love in Long Island.
September 2002 | By Joshua Stoff

Restoration: Soggy Stratoliner

Boeing 307
September 2002 | By Douglas Gantenbein

The Unemployment Line

Where airliners go when they're out of work.
September 2002 | By Howard Stansfield

One of Reno’s most coveted prizes is a pit pass, which allows the audience to get up close and personal with the musclebound Unlimiteds.

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

Even with careful area ruling, Whitcomb

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

With surgical precision, the AC-130H pinpointed targets, even enemy soldiers who had infiltrated friendly positions.

The Birth of Spooky

How they put the "A" in the AC-47.
July 2002 | By Marshall Michel


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