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In the 86-foot-long cargo bay, former crewmen recall the hardware a C-133 could lift.

The Curse of the Cargomaster

Readied to transport the first U.S. ICBMs, the Douglas C-133 had a peculiar habit. It kept crashing.
September 2010 | By John Sotham

The "Texaco 13," the most famous Mystery Ship, set more than 200 speed records in the early 1930s.

Moments and Milestones: Travel Air’s Mystery Ship

September 2010 | By George C. Larson, Member, NAA

The Gosh of Oshkosh

Scenes from aviation's annual pilgrimage.
August 16, 2010 | By Caroline Sheen

On his signature final pass in his 1943 Stearman, John Mohr shows what sets him apart from the rest.

Barnstorming in the Blood

One of the world's most inventive pilots makes everything old look new again.
August 2010 | By Debbie Gary

John, Joe, George, and Matt Savidge (from left) with one of their biplanes, ca. 1912.

In the Museum: Life Among the Savidges

August 2010 | By Tom Crouch

An Air Force EC-130H gasses up from a KC-135R tanker’s boom while flying over the Colorado River in western Arizona.

Then and Now: Fill ’er Up

August 2010 | By Roger A. Mola

The Flying Lions on a lake near Johannesburg in February 2006.

Sightings: Water Striders

South African pilots go lake-skiing in their AT-6s.
August 2010 | By Frans Dely

Purists point out that the present incarnation of B-36J no. 52-2827 isn’t 100 percent accurate.

Monster Bomber

At the Pima Air and Space Museum, the B-36 is the largest U.S. warplane ever rebuilt.
August 2010 | By The Editors

What Does An Emergency Flight Nurse Fear Most?

This summer, the Boy Scouts of America celebrate their 100th anniversary, and the U.S. Postal Service has unveiled a spiffy new stamp to honor the organization.One of my favorite Scouting quotes comes from Janice Hudson's Trauma Junkie: Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse. Hudson worked for many y...
July 23, 2010 | By Rebecca Maksel

Snodgrass’ repertoire extends beyond modern jets; here, Snort flies a World War II SNJ trainer at a 1999 airshow.

The Real Top Gun

Nobody handled a Tomcat like Snort.
July 2010 | By Debbie Gary

From left to right Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright chat with Wright Exhibition Team pilot Walter Brookins at Indianapolis Indiana June 1910

Moments and Milestones: Mile-High Man

July 2010 | By George C. Larson, Member, NAA

A half-baked excuse for an airplane, cobbled together in 1948, spent its entire life eroding in a Colorado desert.

Above and Beyond: Cornwell’s Folly

June 2010 | By Lewis A. Bartlett

The wood paneled cockpit of Doug Parsons’ YKC.

The Classic Wagon

Why families still travel in Wacos.
June 2010 | By John Fleischman

Helicopter Drop Tests

Crashing test dummies into walls must not be enough fun for some people, so the engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center have upped the ante. These stoic mannequins were strapped inside an MD-500 helicopter last week and dropped from a height of 35 feet to test whether a honeycomb cushion shock ...
March 17, 2010 | By Tony Reichhardt

Antique aircraft enthusiasts Frank Pavliga and Ted Davis tinker with the Ford Model A engine on the Pietenpol Air Camper that has become a community property within the Brodhead Pietenpol Association.

The One-Dollar Pietenpol

Some airplanes, like some friendships, improve with age.
March 2010 | By Linda Shiner

<b><i>Why fly solo</b></i> when you can bring along a passenger? That’s probably what Bernard Pietenpol was thinking when he designed and built the Air Camper, a two-seat monoplane.<br><br> Pietenpol lived a simple life in rural Minnesota. When he wasn’t working in his television repair shop in Cherry Grove, he almost always had an airplane under construction: wood airframe, fabric covering, and an engine lifted from an automobile. And when the airplane was finished, it was put to use flying low and slow over acres of farmland. Pietenpol’s two sons, Kermit and Don, and his six grandchildren all grew up seeing their world from above. For the Pietenpol family, airplanes weren’t really a mode of transportation—a way to get from one point to another. Flying was a pleasure all its own, and getting aloft in an open-cockpit airplane was the best way to enjoy a long summer day. Generations of Pietenpol homebuilders agree.<br><br> Pictured above: Don often sat alongside his father, who resorted to strapping his son in with a men’s belt because the no-frills Air Campers had no safety harnesses.

A Family Affair

Bernard Pietenpol’s happiest moments came when he was flying one of his homebuilt airplanes—with a child or two in tow.
March 15, 2010 | By Diane Tedeschi

Vietnam War, the OV-10 Bronco

Legends of Vietnam: Bronco's Tale

One of the most versatile aircraft of the Vietnam War appears on the verge of a comeback.
March 2010 | By William E. Burrows

The author with his anti-sub Lockheed Orion

Above and Beyond: Adventures in the South China Sea

January 2010 | By Tracy Wilkinson

An Air Force T-38A trainer over Texas.

Batstrike!

A loud thud. A shower of purple-white sparks. This can't be good.
December 14, 2009 | By Randy Gordon

French aviator Louis Paulhan

A Glimpse of Things to Come

A hundred years ago, the International Air Meet gave spectators a look into the future.
November 17, 2009 | By Paul Hoversten


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