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The Eurofighter Typhoon, armed for sales combat, will take on Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet.

Supersonic Sales Call

If you want a customer to spend $10 billion on your jet fighters, you gotta bust some Mach.
March 2009 | By Jorge and Karen Escalona

Before each mission, ground crews fed the Thunderchief’s 20-mm Gatling gun with ammunition.

Thuds, the Ridge, and 100 Missions North

How the Republic F-105 got good at a mission it was not designed to fly.
March 2009 | By Carl Posey

Because France and Spain would not grant the United States overfly rights, the 1986 F-111 raid on Libya required a lengthy detour.

Above & Beyond: Take a Left at Portugal

January 2009 | By James A. Jimenez

Stinson SM-6000B, Stearman 4DM Speedmail, Stearman C3B (above, front to back.)

You’ve Got Mailplanes

Square-tail Stearmans, straight-wing Wacos, and Hisso Jennies top the roster of antique airplanes at a captivating grass strip in Iowa.
January 2009 | By John Fleischman

As Nemesis rocketed past 400 mph, pilot Jon Sharp entered territory held by aircraft in the Unlimited and Jet classes.

Moments & Milestones: Giddyup 409

Giddyup 409
January 2009 | By George C. Larson

Dressed in drone livery, QF-4s are targeted during weapons testing. The testing is done at two Air Force bases, Tyndall in Florida and Holloman in New Mexico. F-4s replaced converted F-106s as the military’s drone of choice. Also droned in their time: F-86 and F-100 fighters and F-102 interceptors.

Where Have All the Phantoms Gone?

How a fighter-bomber-recon-attack superstar ended up as fodder for target practice.
January 2009 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

Sightings

January 2009 | By Michael Klesius

The slower but more sophisticated HC-144A (top) is replacing the HU-25.

Then & Now: Less Haste, More Flying

Less Haste, More Flying
January 2009 | By Paul Hoversten

Warbird Obsession

It's an addiction. Admitting you have it is the first step.
December 03, 2008 | By Rebecca Maksel

Photo Essay:The Blakesburg Fly-In

Antique airplanes—the cream of the crop—fluttered around corn country to celebrate an air mail birthday.
November 18, 2008 | By airspacemag.com

So popular is the Navion that airplane lvoers consider a complete restoration, like David Peters

Accidental Classic

From the designers who brought you the P-51 Mustang, an airplane with a complicated past…and a controversial present.
November 2008 | By Mark Huber

Sea Harrier landing. THAT

Oldies & Oddities: The Alraigo Incident

November 2008 | By TIM WRIGHT

Memphis Belle

Restoration: The Memphis Belle

For this famous B-17, surviving 25 missions in World War II was the easy part.
November 2008 | By Mark Bernstein

Steve Hinton flies Rod Lewis

Flying Tigercats: And Then There Were Five

A couple of strays join the prowl, and the world’s supply of flyable Grumman F7Fs increases by two-thirds.
October 24, 2008 | By Michael Klesius

In 1923, U.S. Air Mail DH-4s were equipped with lights on the nose and on wingtips for night flying.

No Longer Afraid of the Dark

The civil engineering project that got the airmail through the night.
September 16, 2008 | By Linda Shiner

A crashed Martin MB-1 mailplane, one of many in the service

Crash Course

Finding an airplane to deliver the mail should have been easy.
September 12, 2008 | By Rebecca Maksel

Addison Pemberton pilots his restored Boeing 40C earlier this year. On the September 10 flight, the author rode in the compartment beneath the upper wing.

A Ride in the Boeing 40C

Onboard “Airmail 1” for the first leg of the trip, from New York to Bellefonte.
September 11, 2008 | By Rebecca Maksel

A Boeing 40C (background) and a 1927 Stearman C3B biplane are two of the three airplanes recreating the cross-country airmail route.

Airmail Odyssey

Three historic mailplanes commemorated the anniversary of U.S. airmail by tracing the original coast-to-coast route.
September 08, 2008 | By Linda Shiner

colossal cargo airplanes

Big Idea

Megalifters prove you’re never too fat to fly.
September 2008 | By Kara Platoni

Heir to the P-47, the A-10 Thunderbolt II is a purpose-built CAS aircraft, one of many types Marines can call on in a jam.

Control the Air

On the ground with Marines in Afghanistan, the author sees a different side of close air support.
September 2008 | By Ed Darack


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